What is a good godly way to practice discretion and dicernment what to say what not to say how to act how not to act?
What are good godly ways NOT be so revealing when I speak to others exspeically those I don't know well.
How can a woman of God be more prudent, practical, proper and prayerful and not talk so much and ramble and run out the mouth?
2007-06-25 18:43:10 · 6 answers · asked by encourager4God 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Listen first to what's being said and don't assume you know something about the topic. Listen first and talk if you truly have something to say and not just want to hear yourself talk. Too many people just can't wait to say whatever blather they have to say and end up sounding foolish just because they're saying anything that pops into their mind.
2007-06-25 20:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have anything specific to "a woman of God," but to ordinary human folks, building a little pause into your pattern of speech can work wonders. For us mortals, it is a chance to think about what is appropriate to reveal, as well as how to phrase it. For you, perhaps a chance to do a little prayer for guidance.
But I do not mean to imply that I think you should substitute prayer for thinking.
One word of warning: some people will not let that pause be; they will drop their own words into it, or grow impatient with you in some other way. Those are people who are best avoided when possible. There are even people who will assume your pause is suspicious, or indicates you are slow of thought as well as slow of speech. Those are also best avoided. Unfortunately, they are often bureaucrats, which are often unavoidable.
2007-06-26 02:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
First off, I'm not accusing you or anything. But this is a verse that I have found to be applicable to myself. I guess that, according to this verse, my recommendation would be to simply consider your words, know them, before you say them. There is a quote that says something like, "The wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something." In a nutshell: First consider your words, then speak them.
*Edit*
In no way is this coming from a male chauvinist, nor from a "Don't speak unless spoken to" mindset. All I'm saying is, if you want to be less of a chatterbox and speak more words of life, then perhaps considering and then speaking might be helpful.
2007-06-26 02:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by eefen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never let anyone tell you to be quiet, and never let anyone quiet your opinions. Sounds like you're trying to not speak till you're spoken too. I'm sorry that in this society today women are still being suppressed by male-led religions.
I wish you luck, and I hope you accomplish your goals for you, not because someone tells you to.
2007-06-26 01:48:41 · answer #4 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why shouldn't you say what you think?
2007-06-26 01:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Hothman 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
can somebody please confirm which century we are in...?
this submission to patriarchial repression must stop!
2007-06-26 01:50:12 · answer #6 · answered by hedgewitch 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋