The Life He offers... A Life of Building Up

A Bag of Tools by R. L. Sharpe

Isn’t it strange how princes and kings,

and clowns that caper in sawdust rings,

and common people like you and me,

are builders for eternity?

Each is given a bag of tools,

a shapeless mass, a book of rules;

and each must make ere life is flown,

a stumbling block or a stepping stone.

Considering your tongue as the tool, are you building stumbling blocks or stepping stones for those around you. In other words, are you building others up or tearing others down? 

After the message Sunday, someone refered to the three questions to ask when talking about someone or talking to someone as The TNH TEST. I was saying was building up rather than tearing down. How about you? Have you used the TNH Test yet? 

When was the last negfest that you were a part of? What could you do to avoid them in the future? How could you disengage from a negfest if you became involved in one before you realized it? 

Why would being part of a negfest be dishonoring to God? How is doing the THN TEST honoring to God?

Why is gossip so dishonoring to someone? When was the last time you gossiped?