Hold your tongue

What a good message from Pastor Raymond Yong today. By convention, I would have probably missed this message as I have opted for morning services due to the extraordinarily hot weather nowadays. However, by God's plan I had been given the special opportunity of being part of this very special message. It really spoke to my heart at the right time. It was really in a way "went with the flow" as I did not have plans in mind to attend two services on Sunday. Before this special service, I had a great time with Lish and Lind having lunch and tea.

Ok, back to the message. Holding your tongue. By first thought, you would think that, "Well, asking me not to talk or even utter any word." but the message is quite the opposite. Speech by the tongue is much encouraged for good and constructive purposes actually. It is hard to accomplish in daily life as for mature couple or old family, a simple phrase of " I love you" or "Dear, I really thank you for your care all these years. " will come in awkward for most of the people in this era as people tend to be less and less interactive. Moreover, it is even harder to accomplish when we are constantly tempted by the sin of anger and we often utter ungraceful words in our anger outbursts. These words, most of the time or rather I would say all the time, are destructive and hurtful curses. And Pastor said something to my heart, he pointed out that we would easily utter such words in anger or daily lives is due to the presence of unconscious evil thoughts we have for the world. And the heart governs what comes out of the tongue, making tongue the showcase of our true inner heart.

At this point, I did a thorough self-reflect. And I realized the impulse within me as I have gotten angry easily and  spilled out ungraceful words that have been hurtful to many. I have sinned in my anger. Though I have no full control over my emotions, but I'm glad that I know God's word and that I can transform myself by knowing God's hands are upon my life. This is not an overnight transformation but I pledge to show to God that I will do it, no matter what it takes, to take on a new life with Jesus Christ's character. Love your neighbour, love your enemy, be slow in anger and abounding in love.