Hm hmph hmm hmmm hm hmmm hmmm hmmphmm hmm hmmm hmm.. oh sorry I should have pulled the tape loose before I started talking. What I tried to say there was…

In case you have a hard time reading the small text (or maybe even the large) it says:

If you can’t say something nice…

Do you really love life?
Do you want to be happy?
Then stop saying cruel things and quit telling lies.

1 Peter 3:10 (Which NIV reads as)

For, “Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.

It’s a problem I think many of us suffer from. In fact, I often speak my mind because it hurts so bad to bite my tongue. Goodness just take a drive on the highway and you will quickly see just how hard it can be.

Wonder where I am going with this?

It’s the thing I AM going to change this year. My speech may soon be a bit impaired due to a much shorter tongue, but by golly I am gonna change my evil ways!  I must remember God wants me to be kind because everyone you or I meet (or pass in the car) is fighting their own battle (I just struggle when I see them doing it on their cell phone).  Yikes!  This may be harder than I thought.

So what are you striving for this year?

Whatever it may be.  Be happy!

((((Hugs!))))