“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.”
The Tongue
This proverb names a specific, comprehensive combination here, wisdom and the law of kindness together, worth holding as this movement’s own mature picture, not wisdom alone, potentially cold or merely accurate, nor kindness alone, potentially soft without genuine substance, but both, genuinely, comprehensively combined.
Notice the law of kindness, worth examining this specific phrase, kindness described not as occasional sentiment but as law, governing, consistent principle, worth holding as this movement’s own aim, kindness not merely felt occasionally but actually, structurally governing how speech genuinely, consistently operates.
This is worth applying against however much your own speech has been either wise but harsh, or kind but shallow, missing this described, mature combination, worth considering what it would actually mean for kindness to genuinely function as law in your own speech, not occasional exception but consistent, governing rule.
Consider today what it would mean for the law of kindness to genuinely govern your own tongue, wisdom and kindness combined, not one traded for the other, but both, genuinely, consistently present, worth practicing deliberately as this movement’s own mature, comprehensive aim for tamed, genuinely governed speech.
Guard Your Words
- Examine whether your speech tends toward wise-but-harsh or kind-but-shallow, missing this combination.
- Practice today speech that combines genuine wisdom with the law of kindness, both present together.
- Consider what it would mean for kindness to function as consistent law, not occasional exception.
Prayer
Lord, let me open my mouth with wisdom, and let the law of kindness genuinely govern my tongue, both combined, consistently present, not one traded for the other. Amen.
Carry this today
Mature speech combines genuine wisdom with kindness functioning as consistent, governing law.