Our words

In my time of meditation and devotion this morning, I had something stand out. One line, from Psalm 51:15 "Open my lips, O Lord..."

I am a person who is all about the words we use. The language we choose to use is important to me and I often find that I lack patience with people who just spurt off without really thinking about what they are saying. I usually contemplate my words before speaking and I find that I am able to really convey what my mind and heart is wanting to speak. This came especially helpful when I was serving as a pastor and people needed me to speak words of comfort and faith to their circumstances (which I didn't always do so well).

What about those times when words are hard to find? Be it words of love, sympathy, encouragement or exaltation. Believe me, when I say that all of us have had moments just like that. I often find that I cannot find the energy or motivation to search for those words. So this one line of scripture spoke to my lack of evoking God's help to communicate certain experiences. I know that silence (and presence) is usually the best response but maybe we can be more willing to seek God's help in our daily communication... Open our lips... and maybe what we choose to say will become the breath and presence of God.