Think before you speak part 2 🤔

I thought long and hard before writing this post. This happened to me about 2 years  ago.

I will apologize before submitting this blog because I know people will read it and know about what I am talking about.

 

I had worked hard on making a couple of pumpkin pies. One for home and one for the Missions banquet. With the help of my daughter Jenn she helped me with the pie crust. No matter how hard I try I still have a hard time with getting the edges just right. So I always ask for assistance when baking  a pie.

 

So I felt very confident about my pie. So I took it to the Missions banquet.

I also was a little nervous about people eating my food. I really don’t want to bash sighted people, but some of them are very skittish about eating my food. So sometimes I just don’t make anything at all.  I have actually made things in the past and have brought the whole dish back home because people found out someone who is  blind made the food and no one ate.

So now you know why I pull back and just don’t do anything. All my hard work  to prove myself that I am a good cook went to waste.

 

Well this time my hard work paid off. I had been nervous that week and I asked the Lord for help. It may seem like a small task to you all but it was a big deal to me. I always ask the Lord for his help I am by myself a lot of the time.

 

 

 

So now back to my pie, I was just sitting and thinking out loud like I have a tendency to do at times. Not realizing that someone was listening to me. This is the hardest part of being blind you never know who is around you when you do things like think out loud.

 

I was amazed that my pie had only one piece left. The other individual person who had made a pecan pie had 3 pieces left.  I was just thinking wow I have one piece of pie and the other person has 3 pieces left. I was smiling and before I could say to God be the glory, someone said to me “Your not getting it we are going to see if so and so wants it.” I didn’t want pecan pie in the first place. I was taken a back by that person’s words.

I was very disappointed in that treatment. I also bit my tongue so hard that tears filled my eyes and had to make myself not cry.

proverbs 13-3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

 

 

 

I have been taught in my life you have to pick your  battles and that is exactly what I did that night. Even though it would have been so easy to lose my temper and starting a cursing and shouting match. I chose to be silent. Proverbs 15-1-2

 

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

 

Also I realized it wouldn’t have been right to do this at church. I still see the person every Sunday and I am cordial towards the particular person and I have to look at it in this way too. I’m old enough to be the parent and if they can disrespect me in that way then they will do it to others.

I’m not telling  you all to do what I did but if it happens to you please think before you speak.   I was always told if  you can’t  say anything nice then don’t say anything at all.

 

So what I did was just let it roll off my back. Hurtful words can sting no matter what age you are.

 

So my advice to you is to choose your words wisely and think before you speak.

 

You may never know what a person is going through. They could be smiling on the outside and broken on the inside and your actions could very well push them over the  edge.

 

Please take the time to get to know someone and just because they may have a handicap you may very well learn a lot from those individuals.

 

I may have been born with a handicap and may look different to others. In God’s eyes I am perfectly made. Simply because I am his and he is mine.  All the scars from the eye surgeries may be there but God doesn’t see it at all. He sees me and the way he made me.

 

If you want to know the Lord in this way all you need is to ask him into your heart.

 

 

       Dear Jesus, I know I’m a sinner and would be lost in hell without You. Please forgive me for my sins and come into my life. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and that God, Your Father, raised You from the dead. Thank You, Jesus, for giving me Your free gift of eternal life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer and meant it in your heart, you now belong to Jesus and jesus belongs to you.

So to sum this blog up, think before you speak because words can hurt and once they are out you cannot take them back.

Thank you for reading my blog. 🙂

 

Remember as much as I love you Jesus loves you even more.

 

Until next time, KTF Keep The Faith!!!