Highlights from Chapter 16
Verbal Vomit
“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good;
And the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil;
For his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.”
—Luke 6:45
Just the other day I got a long email reeking of “verbal vomit.” You know what I mean—most of you have received these emails yourself or had a conversation with someone on the phone, or in person. But the worst part is that many of us, or should I say most of us, have been on the vomiting end of these horrible situations.
When I got my email, I must confess, I was so devastated at that hate, and accusations that were just WILD… I actually trembled when I read it.
Praise God that I have learned to seek the Lord immediately. And, in my seeking the Lord, He kept telling me that NONE OF IT was valid; however, I just knew I had to be at fault. Over and over again the Lord comforted me with the same words that it was not my fault. Both the Living Lessons “Accuser” and“False Guilt and Forgiveness” certainly would have helped, but I was ignorant of them and their principles at the time.
I knew I needed to go back to my prayer closet to seek Him more deeply, and after that, I kept to my room, silent for the rest of that evening. My greatest desire was to have Him help me through this so I would know how to help other women who face this sort of thing, which I know happens all the time! Pain, shame, confusion, it was surrounding me and could consume anyone.
What I did next was to ask for WISDOM, to let me know what was going on. That’s when the light came on and I was no longer in the dark about why this was happening. “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him” (James 1:5 AMP).
The first piece of wisdom He revealed to me was that this precious person in my life is hurting. She is known for verbal vomiting and rather than being disgusted or angry to realize that this sweet thing has hurt all her life. This person, like many of us, believed that marriage would take away the pain, but it only managed to make it worse. How many of us can relate?
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Then, when He led me to open my Bible for His promises on comfort, I read...
“This I know, that God is for me.
And I kept reading...
In God, whose word I praise,
In the LORD, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
For You have delivered my soul from death [time and again],
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living”
—Psalm 56:9–13
All I could do was to weep with joy knowing that HE cares so much for me, how could ANYONE live without HIM!!! How can anyone go it alone??? But we do know most "cope" through drugs, alcohol, and sex, which only adds hurt to more hurt.
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