be uplifting.

amongthelilies25

my heart has been really connecting with the verse Psalm 18:21 where it says that life and death are in the power of the tongue. 

i blogged about it today too. 

i need to be uplifting and loving with  my words.

SoonToBeGenao

That is one of the points our pastor who is marrying us talks about every single time we see him. Being uplifting with our words. It is sooooo easy to talk only about negative things about your partner, but we are called to LIFT them and LOVE them. Thanks for the reminder!

amongthelilies25

totally!!! (: (: its sooo good! sometimes i need to remind myself of this daily.

mrandmrsbrist

FI and I had a really good talk about this yesterday afternoon at our retreat. We went for a walk and started talking about some of the speakers at the retreat. One of them was very harsh with his words and make a lot of insulting comments without anything to follow them up, just insults. I started crying because what he had said made me so sad. Someone who is a leader of a church, who claims to love and follow Jesus, someone who is an example and often the person people from outside of the church hear from the most was so negative and demeaning. I cried and told FI that I don't want to be like that. I want to be uplifting and positive with my words in my marriage, my friendships, my work environment, and in my day to day life.

Thanks for posting this, Monica

amongthelilies25

oohhh... i am soo sorry to hear that.  

yes..we do need to be uplifting and positive with our words in all aspects of life. soo good!

i am dealing with a person right now who talks negatively about other ppl. and it is really getting to me. often times they do it as a joke telling one another to "shut up!" and stuff like that. there is very little encouraging words spoken and more harshness then love. they are often very critical and calling eachother names. i am having a hard time with it and told FI that things will be different with us. 

something HAS to change.

mrandmrsbrist

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_uplifting?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:24272853-fa86-4896-8bbe-cc0f6d815faePost:7da6826b-ead3-4000-87ec-b93719c15e74">Re: be uplifting.</a>:
[QUOTE] something HAS to change.
Posted by amongthelilies25[/QUOTE]

Agreed, and it sounds like you're going to be the change. Praise God that we can go to Him when we're seeking change and He can help us to be that change.

FaithCaitlin

Thank you for posting this! It's always good to be reminded of this: it never hurts to uplift others. FI and I sometimes forget about this and he and I just had a really serious but happy and beneficial conversation about how to do better! Also, I loved your blog post!

amongthelilies25

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_uplifting?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:24272853-fa86-4896-8bbe-cc0f6d815faePost:05ead8e3-bc40-4de7-9eb5-8fc66b71c529">Re: be uplifting.</a>:
[QUOTE]Thank you for posting this! It's always good to be reminded of this: it never hurts to uplift others. FI and I sometimes forget about this and he and I just had a really serious but happy and beneficial conversation about how to do better! <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff00ff">Also, I loved your blog post!</font>
Posted by FaithCaitlin[/QUOTE]

<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">thanks faith!!! (: (:</font></div>

LittleBigO

Ugh you always post what I NEED to hear but don't want too lol.  DH and I are having a fight right now (even though we're 6 hours apart) and we've been yelling at each other (or I've been yelling a lot more than he has, but he's been sending not nice texts that I was ignoring.)  We'll work it out like we always do but I'm not ready to forgive him just yet.  :P  Give me 5 minutes - darn you and always knowing what I NEED to hear. 

AshNoel8

So true. Thanks for this!