One friend of mine, we’ll call her Monkey Mommy, is great at
something Ephesians 4:29 describes. “Let
no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good
for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace
to those who hear.” I think you might
say that she is good at edifying or building up others. I have often been needy in a moment –
downcast or weary in this Godly parenting race.
And, she has spoken to me. I’ve
walked away with the grace to obey God and keep persevering to raise Godly
children. She doesn’t always share an
easy scripture with me. But somehow, she shares it so humbly that I can receive
it and assimilate it into my heart. She
shares the things the Lord has shown her.
She shares the things she has struggled with and she responds with
things the Holy Spirit leads her to say.
My journal has many encouraging words spoken from her mouth, that helped
me to stay the course, to not give up, to not despair, to courageously obey the
Lord and to fear God instead of man. I’m
thankful that the Monkey Mommy edifies the Body of Christ, according to the need
of the moment. Her words give grace to
those of us who hear.
