Think before you speak!!!

Good morning all!! Sorry I missed you Friday and Monday. Friday I was on a mission trip with the junior high students from several churches. Monday I had to leave for work from my house at 4:30 a.m. and did not get up early enough to post. Not excuses...just facts.
What an awesome experience with the young people this past weekend. Yes, an adult was in charge of 3 to 6 students, but they did a lot of work. A church, Garden Villa, has to be up to code by June 30 or the city will close its doors. Our groups, green and red, worked at the church Friday and Saturday. The amount of work the students and adults produced was awesome.
Colossians 4:6 "LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO ANSWER EACH ONE."
On Saturday afternoon, as we were winding down, we had painted some file cabinets, they were dry and ready to be brought inside. One young man helped as we placed them in the correct rooom. We had 2 in place when 2 ladies came in as we were bringing in the last one. They were afraid the paint was still wet, I assured them it was dry, but they wanted me to put the cabinet on paper in the fellowship hall. Okay, no problem.
Oh, yes, the young man helping me was one of the painters of the cabinets. As we were moving the cabinet pass the room of the other 2 one lady look in as exclaimed, "Oh my gosh," when she saw 2 cabinets in the room already. The young man said, "yes, don't they look good?"
The lady did not even realize what she said but wanted the 2 dry painted cabinets off the floor (carpet) and moved in to the fellowship. Her obsession with possible wet paint completely eliminated the enthusiasm the young man had.
In one swift moment she completely eliminated 1 1/2 hours of work the young man had put in and was so proud of.
Again, Collossians 4:6 says let your speech be with grace, seasoned with salt. Why? You may have to eat those words. Have you spoken hastily, in anger, with malkous? WHY? What did it get you??
Be gentle, be kind, load the mind before the mouth shoots!!! A great experience can be eliminated swiftly. Can you remember when you have done this?? Or when this was done to you????
Thank you for reading!! Love you all!! Pray one for another for safety, health, and being close to God!!
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny