When You Need a Recall Button for Your Mouth - Encouragement for Today - February 10, 2020

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- [Karen Ehman]February 10, 2020 When You Need a Recall Button for Your Mouth [KAREN EHMAN]( [Listen to this devotion]( “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” [Luke 6:45]( (NIV) Have you ever thought about the myriad ways we can talk to each other? We can do video calls on our cell phones. Or hop on our computers and hold online meetings. And of course, our phones allow us to talk even while we’re in a remote location or traveling far away. One of my favorite ways to talk to my friends is using a phone app that acts much like an old-fashioned walkie-talkie. It enables you to speak in real time to someone else who has the app. Or, if you happen to be busy at the time, the app holds the message from the sender until you have time to open it and listen. This particular app has a feature called the recall button. So, if you leave a message for someone to retrieve but then change your mind about them hearing it, you can recall the message. They will never know what you said, and you can leave a different, better message instead. A close friend of mine happens to use this button a lot. The other day, she explained how she often talks too fast, or doesn’t think things through before leaving her message. As a result, she decides to recall the message and try again. Then she joked, “Now, if only I had a recall button for my actual life!” You know, she might be on to something! I think back to the many times I’ve regretted my words. Maybe I spoke something in haste, or I was careless in my word choice and sent an inaccurate message. But usually, I spoke in anger or frustration and, as a result, regretted my words. Honestly, the real problem isn’t in the speaking. The problem is in the storing. [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2020 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](