Blatherskite (Psalm 19:14)

Good morning ladies,

The word of the day is “blatherskite.” Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who just likes to talk?  If the answer that question is negative, then maybe you are the person in that conversation.  My mentor, Kevin, is a man of few words.  He always has been and still is to this day.  I remember having countless conversations with him when he didn't say more than three words.  And, even if he would have wanted to, I did not ever let him get a word in edge wise.  Now that I look back on those times with him, I realize that I was probably missing out on a ton of wisdom that I could have learned had I been not so worried about talking all of the nonsense that I did.

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

~Ps 19:14

My question is: what are the words that come out of your mouth?  The stuff that you say is usually a direct representation of what's going on inside of you.  Sooner or later, even if you try to fool people, your true self will come out through your words.  What I realized is that for so much of my life I was a blatherskite, or someone that just spoke nonsense.  It wasn't until Kevin taught me to think before I would speak did I begin to mature.  That was some years ago, and I still feel like I am worlds away from where I would like to be.  My prayer is that you carefully consider the meditations of your heart and give God an opening into your thoughts and actions.

Praying for you,

Mo