Article July 19, 1975 Issue

"Speak my word faithfully"

GWEN WOODRING

Are we careless conversationalists? Could we make our conversation a higher tribute to our spiritual understanding of God and man? Probably most of us would have to answer yes to those questions.

The importance of telling only what needs to be told was brought to my attention gently but impressively in the following way.

At one time during a visit with a trusted friend, I was relating an experience that had troubled me greatly. A cherished and happy relationship seemed to be changing. It occurred to me about halfway through my narration that there was nothing in this discourse that was serving a constructive purpose. When a real need is present, a friend often fills the role of listener, I knew, but in this instance I was simply being carried away and talking too much. It was at this point of realization that the words of the prophet Jeremiah came to me: "Speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?"

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