Right Words. Right Time.

Good Monday Morning! The importance of what a man says is more than just the actual choice of words (that’s important too), but timing is important too.

When my wife & I got married, I worked on the same street we lived on, my commute was 15-20 minutes. I could sleep late zip to work, put in my time and be on the couch watching SportsCenter by 5 🏆

My wife worked near the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. So, she left the house at 5:30am, drove to the airport to catch the train to DC. She’d then take the subway and walk 2 blocks to her job. It was a 2 hour commute depending on traffic, train breakdowns or frequent terror threats.

It didn’t take a full year, but I learned that 1st year of marriage: Asking my wife, “What’s for dinner?” after 4 hours of train riding ➕8 hours of work was not a good question (seeing me chilling on the couch didn’t help).

As Proverbs 25:11 & my wife helped me learn, it can be the right thing to say but is now the right time to say it? From home to work to church to being a dad or a son to an aging parent, any and everywhere we talk to people, let’s begin to pray for God’s timing…here is 1 thing to think about.

As I never knew if my wife had a bad day, traffic was bad or a train broke down, when we encounter people we never know if our timing is awesome or horrible so ask:

1. Ask the Lord - aka prayer - Lord, show me the right time to bring this up, so that you’re glorified in what I say & what’s said.

2. Ask People - Is now a good time to talk? Can we set aside some time to talk? Let’s go to lunch, I have something to talk about?

3. Tell’em - my dad had a rule I obviously forgot when I got married, but he’d say: “I had a long day…give me at least 30 minutes when I walk in the door”. Setting boundaries can ease tension.

Ask & tell throughout your life. Pray for right words at right time’s, it will bless your life with peace.

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That’s it. That’s all. Have a great week! Share with a friend. 

Edward