Don’t Cut Them Out

Weekly Ration

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“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.” Col 4:6 (CSB)

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or in this modern version:
 

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“Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.” (Col 4:6 Message)

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I couldn’t get away from this Bible verse for the last several days.  I kept coming back to it.  Reading it over and over.
 
I read it in two different translations this time. 

And two things kept sticking out. 
 
Be “seasoned with salt” and “bring out the best in others in a conversation”.
 
How many times do I want to cut someone down for saying the wrong thing instead of trying to “bring out the best” in them when we speak?!?!
 
Oh my!
 
What a reminder that I needed for this week…