Eph 4:29
Day 7. Come.
I'm a little behind.. sorry about that. Anyway.. come? Let me see.. for something to come somewhere means that it took effort to come from somewhere to somewhere else. That effort is the breath I just took to make fun of a girl a saw and inform my friends how I do not agree with her sense of fashion. And what happens when I do this? My friends are aware of the girl's clothes and since someone else has already paved the way, they follow down it and agree and throw in their own comments.
You know.. I have a hard time not making fun of people. Not in a mean way, but in a "joking-hey-I-really-didn't-mean-any-harm-by-it" way. Yet, when words are aimed at harmful subjects, harm will be done. As said earlier, words have power. Even if I mean something in jest towards someone, it can still really hurt someone. And of course they'll laugh it off and hide the unbearable pain, so that way I won't make fun of them about being hurt by it, of course in a joking manner. If someone is "numb" to such things and do not care then there are two conclusions to them: One) They are lying and the joke only adds fuel to the fire until the blaze is uncontrolable, or Two) They have found their joy in something higher than earthly rank; they are happy no matter what cause of Christ within them.
Can anyone really joke about anything? Is there such a thing as joking? If I were just kidding, why did I say it in such a way to bring bad attention to that person? Do I think that this elevates me higher than them in some way?
Anyway.. to sin in this form you must put forth an effort. For something to come from somewhere takes energy. For someone to make fun of someone else takes energy. Did you allow that energy? Why?
I'm a little behind.. sorry about that. Anyway.. come? Let me see.. for something to come somewhere means that it took effort to come from somewhere to somewhere else. That effort is the breath I just took to make fun of a girl a saw and inform my friends how I do not agree with her sense of fashion. And what happens when I do this? My friends are aware of the girl's clothes and since someone else has already paved the way, they follow down it and agree and throw in their own comments.
You know.. I have a hard time not making fun of people. Not in a mean way, but in a "joking-hey-I-really-didn't-mean-any-harm-by-it" way. Yet, when words are aimed at harmful subjects, harm will be done. As said earlier, words have power. Even if I mean something in jest towards someone, it can still really hurt someone. And of course they'll laugh it off and hide the unbearable pain, so that way I won't make fun of them about being hurt by it, of course in a joking manner. If someone is "numb" to such things and do not care then there are two conclusions to them: One) They are lying and the joke only adds fuel to the fire until the blaze is uncontrolable, or Two) They have found their joy in something higher than earthly rank; they are happy no matter what cause of Christ within them.
Can anyone really joke about anything? Is there such a thing as joking? If I were just kidding, why did I say it in such a way to bring bad attention to that person? Do I think that this elevates me higher than them in some way?
Anyway.. to sin in this form you must put forth an effort. For something to come from somewhere takes energy. For someone to make fun of someone else takes energy. Did you allow that energy? Why?