Good Morning Proverbs 31Girls!  When She speaks her words are wise.  Notice a key word in that sentence? When she speaks, not "she always speaks, she speaks nonstop, or her endless speaking".  I ran into an acquaintance while running errands on Saturday and within 5 minutes she told me she was still looking for a job, she was collecting unemployment, her friends all work out at the gym, she needs to lose weight, her friends called and asked her to go out to some club Saturday night and oh yeah they all work out at the gym and she went out the other night with 2 friends and one of them is going to school, and she is also collecting unemployment and she got a grant for like $7000 to help with school but she will probably go back to work if she can find some and how's my family?  It was all in one breath, and all one long sentence.  I felt exhausted and finally had to say "I'm sorry, I have got to run, my friends are waiting for me".  I'm sure you have all had similar interactions with someone. Hopefully, you were in my position, and not the one yappin' your mouth a million miles an hour giving info that is basically irrelevant.  Now don't misunderstand me.  We are women, and we love to talk.  We can spend hours sitting around gabbing with each other and leave feeling totally loved and understood, even if not one of our conversations were completed before moving to the next one!  However, the key is to know when it is time for "free for all" communication, and when it is time to be quiet and listen.  I have a couple of friends who are currently going through difficult situations.  During this time we have had more "solution oriented" conversations.  I have spent more time listening and praying.  It is not our time to sit and ramble about things.  Don't get me wrong.  We still laugh and have fun.  It's just that our conversations are very deliberate.  Then I have friends who I will call simply to be a weirdo to.  I will call to leave them a goofy message, or just to say hi and engage in random chatter in order to feel some "estrogen connection" while in the middle of a long day with the kids.  It also says "her words are wise".  We all know someone who walks around giving their unsolicited advice.  "You should do this", "You should try that", "You shouldn't eat such and such", "you should only workout this way, drive this car, use this kind of deodorant, yada, yada, yada"  Somehow this one person knows it all.  The funny thing is this person is usually not one you wish to be like.  The ones giving all the advice are often the ones that could use a little instruction themselves!  So Girls, when you go about your day, keep an eye on your words.  Are they nonstop, random, and irrelevant?  Or are they wise and meaningful?  Chances are you will be able to determine this by the look on the persons face you are talking to.....If their eyes are darting around looking for an escape.....close your mouth.  It's time for you to listen (and possibly save a friendship). 

Proverbs 31:26a When she speaks, her words are wise

Love you all-
Jen