Your Speech Reveals Your Mind

Author

Wes Schaeffer
March 03, 2019

From today’s reading…

As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace,

so in tribulation is the test of the just.

The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had;

so too does one’s speech disclose the bent of one’s mind.”

My son listed his truck for sale on Instagram and immediately the trolls started throwing in their negative 1.5 cents and he was amazed.

He said he has literally never taken the time or even considered saying anything negative to anyone on any social media accounts, especially regarding the price at which someone lists their vehicle.

It’s just not in him to do that.

(Maybe his mom and I did something right in raising him. Okay. His mom did everything right and he is good and kind despite my influence. Happy? Can we move on now?)

Lately I’ve been pondering my own words and I’m not proud of how I’ve conducted myself many times online.

On February 18th, columnist, political analyst, and fellow Catholic Kirsten Powers admitted the same in a thoughtful, heartfelt, multi-part Tweet and article about the role she

…may have played in what indisputably has become a dangerously toxic culture.”

And she has committed to doing better.

You and I need to follow her example, which is in line with the guidance we receive in Sirach 27, 1 Corinthians 15, and Luke 6 today, because that is the only way to…

Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.