"JOURNEY"

What is a journey to you? is a journey an exciting adventure? a long tiresome trip to an unpleasant place? Is it a familiar place?  or perhaps..maybe just quiet reflection of the heart ? the mind? the body? and yes even the soul...i want to take a journey..and i want to share it with you..yet this is not a place we can feel with our hands, no, it is more felt with the heart.. Human eyes cannot see the places the heart can, did you ever stop and think about that? Yet as much as the heart can feel and see far beyond what is tangible to the  human touch. why is that? Sometimes in our lives we have to close our mouths long enough for our heart to speak..i am convinced we are slowly killing ourselves by speaking before our hearts and the holy spirit have a chance to commune!..think about this..you respond to something someone said only to wish you had not let what just came out of your mouth come out! been there ? right! and why do u feel that way? because you see the damage words can do and how quickly ! we put our mouths in action before allowing the Lord to minister to us concerning our thoughts and speech! i have many times tried to stop garbage from spilling out of my mouth ( looks alot like trying to reel in fishing line folks!)..i failed to engage the relay switch that closes my mouth!..so i decided to take a journey a few weeks back and see what would happen if i just starved my carnal nature and not allowed  it to speak!..i decided not to act as my human nature would want me to ..and the results were astounding..i actually saw for the first time just how awful the human nature can be by observing myself being starved of that  ability WILLINGLY!!! ..MY MIND THOUGHT IT AND WANTED IT TO COME OUT MY MOUTH! BUT MY SPIRIT MAN SAID NOOO!! and i disengaged my mouth!..i soon learned that it became easier as the week went on and soon found myself thinking with the mind of Christ!!..i wanted to prove to myself that it can be done  and that we all have the ability and are equipped to do so!...it is not necessary to tear down another to build ourselves up! but on the same turn it is not necessary to take it upon ourselves to be torn down! we have to decide to make an effort to live according to the laws governed by God  in the way we treat and speak to other people..i had to make alot of amends  and swallow alot of pride to get even a few steps past where i was ..but i know i did it!..i had to decide to use my words wisely  and speak to people in a kind and caring way and to remind myself that i do not have to accept anyone speaking to me in a harsh or unkind way! ....this journey my friends may seem simple and child like..but i think thats what child like faith means...are we not like children to God?...this journey i am on is long..weary and some days oh so unpleasant...this past two weeks has been full of trial and tragedy highs and very lows...yet the course is charted and Jesus is my true north! so with that in mind.and in heart..and with my mouth disengaged ...i press on!...to God be the Glory!