Today’s Reading is Proverbs 15:28.
“The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.”
Ever notice how a chef tastes the soup before serving it? A pinch of salt here, a dash of pepper there. He wouldn’t dream of sending out a dish he hasn’t sampled first.
What if we treated our words the same way?
The wise person, Solomon tells us, weighs their answers. They pause. They consider. They taste their words before serving them up. But the foolish? They let words gush out like water from a broken pipe—unfiltered, unexamined, often unwelcome.
Here’s the thing: words, once spoken, can’t be taken back. They land on hearts like stones—some that build, others that bruise. You’ve felt both, haven’t you? The warmth of an encouraging word. The sting of a careless one.
Before you speak today, take a moment. Let your heart weigh your words. Ask yourself: Will this heal or hurt? Build up or tear down? Is it true, necessary, kind?
Your words have power. They can breathe life or drain it. They can mend a broken spirit or shatter it further.
So taste them first.
Let your heart be the kitchen where wisdom seasons every sentence. People are listening. What comes out of your mouth matters more than you know.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.