i'm glad God is in control

preparing for a garage sale...i'm excited to get rid of stuff that i thought i'd use eventually but there is just no room. so...gonna sell it and make extra money. extra spending money is always good for the sahm you see!

god has been preparing me lately...for big things...i know i'm definitely a leader and i was made to lead and encourage others...but i had no idea His plan...so satan has been telling me that i can't do it and that i'm not ready and that i'm not good enough...

i've been praying lately specifically for my words...that they would glorify Him...one night God was so gracious to point out this sin in my life that i have been so blind to. i have a habit of saying things that are unneccessary and that have the ability to hurt or dig deeper than they should. and if my words are harming then they are definitely modeling Christ and encouraging others. so God led me to go through my bible and tag some verses on the tongue and how it can harm.

proverbs 13:3 says
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

proverbs 15:4 says
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

proverbs 21:23 says
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

  matthew 12:34-37 says
33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” luke 6:45 says A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

and last but definitely not least, my brother James brings the truth...
james 3:3-12
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.