Being that I’m a a pretty good tattle tail, mostly about myself, I have decided to start telling on myself regularly… once a week, in fact!

Now don’t expect it to be negative and depressing, because that’s not my thing, nor would it be healthy for any of us to dwell on. It’s me, for crying out loud! I always like to call myself out in a funny way, because it keeps me real, as I like to say. I am also very good at calling out the truths about certain things in society, without pointing judgy fingers at them… just candy coated truths, or cookie covered ones, that most all of us need to hear more often. 

We need reminding, occasionally, to be more aware of the connection between the words coming out of our mouths and the steps we walk that either match our words or betray them… Walk your Talk or your Talk is gonna Walk all over you!

I can say most of what I say with confidence, as I am usually the story on the table. I make every effort to be more gentle with my words any time I speak about others… speak the truth in love or don’t do it! In other words, if you want to tell the truth to someone but you’re hurt by them and maybe holding on to that anger… until you have your heart in a place of love… Shut Up! Is that so hard? Some days I am on top of my emotions and can hear God say, Shush child… some days I’m under the rug because of something I said in the wrong state of mind. Words can stick to the fabric of a soul like paper stapled to a wall, painfully anchoring to whomever the stapler was aimed at! 

I am not just a writer, but a talker, flinging my words everywhere I go, so I have to make a great effort to reflect God in that which escapes my mouth. In the bible it talks about guarding yourself from those who talk to much… with so much coming out of my mouth, the chances are higher that I will say too much or the wrong thing entirely! That’s why you see me bring up walk the talk stuff all the time. How can I share with you, the things I believe God wants us to learn, if I don’t live and practice it myself?

With all this in mind, as I write to you this morning, the idea of turning Tuesdays into a lighthearted News Report sounds pretty fun to try. The main difference, in my opinion, between what I write and many of the tabloid magazines… I make every effort to ensure the material is truth BEFORE it goes to print!

Here, have a cookie…