Don't Say It!! Don't Even Think It!!!

20 He who has a crooked mind finds no good,

And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Here, the word for “crooked” is : iqqesh, meaning “twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted”.   This is one whose mind  searches for that which is not righteous, and is fed through perversion.  This mindset finds no good, anywhere. I would offer that with this mindset one finds no peace, for in my world, the “Good times” are the times that there is a simple, peaceful easy feeling. It is interesting to me that in this frame of mind, one can not find “good” in the world, in the people that surround us, in our surroundings, and within ourselves. In this frame of mind everything is seen through the lens of “ iqqesh”.  Every thought, impression, impulse, encounter is filtered through the filter of  twisted distortion. When Christ is our filter, every thought is taken captive before Him and filtered through the lens of grace and mercy, compassion and love righteousness and truth.  

When our tongue follows our thoughts into the land of perversion we find that we slip farther away from “good” and into evil, for where our thoughts are our mouths portray.  

Let's pray: Lord I pray  that  our minds would be constantly renewed through Christ. I pray that  we would look for good in all that we see and all that we do and that we would use our tongue to encourage others.  I pray  that our speech would reflect the inner workings of our minds and our hearts, radiating and splashing all that we see and experience, with the love of Christ.