Coffee Talk with Christie

i'm really diggin' my new Bible.

i have used the nlt version a number of times in my online studies, but wanted to have something to keep at my side for "anytime" study... yes, my dear friend, i am really diggin' this thing!

it turned heads when i took it to work yesterday. that's how cool my new book looks.

during my "God time" this morning while sipping my mudslide coffee from gloria jeans, i acknowledged that i may have been a little too stuffy with sticking to the kjv only. (before you throw stones, hear me out...) (i don't know why i think that some would throw stones at me for changing up my study version, i know that sounds silly... )

generally when i receive a revelation, it's something that an ant could understand. (why i chose an ant, i have no idea)

in my new watermelon Bible, the first verse i turned to was john 1:1-5 - it says, "in the beginning the Word already existed. the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. the Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it."

this simple revelation of mine, is just that, the spoken word is so powerful.

what we say can really affect someone else in amazing ways.

*the bad*

according to james 3:2 (kjv) - "for in many things we offend all. if any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body." (or show excellent self-control)

james 3:8 says, "but the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." (kjv) or (nlt) "but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison."

by these two verses, we see that the tongue can be such an evil thing - used to spread poison that can offend others.

*the good*

john says, "the words that i have spoken unto you are spoken through the Spirit and they are life." (john 6:63)

i peter 3:10 says... "if you want a happy life and good days, keep your tongue from speaking evil, and keep your lips from telling lies." (nlt)

proverbs 25:11 - "a word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver." (kjv)

today, my desire is to speak life into God's creation. (that's pretty deep actually) i will be thinking on that for a while. =)