When You Don’t Know What to Say

Our Scripture for today is Proverbs 15:2.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

The discipline of practicing this passage will make you wise in the eyes of your peers. 

When you start getting along in years, you will find that others remember your stories differently than you do.  I recently shared the story of my disagreement with my friend and his answer to me was “Do you feel better now.”  

When he and I talked about it 55 years later, we both remembered it. He said I can’t believe I was wise enough to respond that way.”  He then said, I answered like that because I didn’t know what else to say.”  

He thought about how unusual it was for him to respond with such wisdom. What I found amazing was that he said this because he had nothing else to say. You see, too many times I have said something even even when I really didn’t really have something good to say. Ugh! I tried to clarify this statement, but I am sure you know what I mean.

There is great wisdom to be found in Proverbs 15:1

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

May God give us the wisdom to give a soft answer.

Lonnie Davis