{"id":8719,"date":"2016-11-11T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2016-11-11T06:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T11:45:46","slug":"let-words-mouth-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2016\/11\/let-words-mouth-acceptable.html","title":{"rendered":"Let the Words of Our Mouth, Be Acceptable&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8722\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/258\/2016\/11\/board-1106649_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"board-1106649_1920\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>What are the\u00a0words of your mouth following this election?<\/p>\n<p><em>Psalm 19:14\u00a0May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maybe we should all pause and mediate on this verse.<\/p>\n<p>I went on national TV yesterday to discuss how we should conduct ourselves after the election. Frankly, I have been\u00a0appalled at some of the rhetoric I hear and what I have see in the media and on social media.\u00a0The way we talk about this election is important because it expresses what is in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><em>1 Peter 2: 12 tells us, <span class=\"content\">Keep your conduct honorable.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"content\">Honorable conduct includes the words we say. Those words should not include\u00a0name-calling, gloating, elitism, fear-mongering, hate and disgust.\u00a0Instead, we are to guard our hearts and mouths\u00a0because words\u00a0are powerful as we saw during the election cycle. Let&#8217;s not be guilty of behaving in ways we found disturbing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to model love, humility and civility towards one another&#8211;whether you liked or hated the outcome of this election. Haven&#8217;t we had enough verbal attacks and negative messaging? We, the people, can behave differently.\u00a0If we want to be great again, let&#8217;s start by controlling our\u00a0tongues and actually treat each other with respect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the\u00a0words of your mouth following this election? Psalm 19:14\u00a0May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Maybe we should all pause and mediate on this verse. I went on national TV yesterday to discuss how we should conduct&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[925],"tags":[1034,3656,3657],"class_list":["post-8719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mintle-mentions","tag-disagreements","tag-election-talk","tag-talk-after-election"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Let the Words of Our Mouth, Be Acceptable...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2016\/11\/let-words-mouth-acceptable.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Let the Words of Our Mouth, Be Acceptable...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What are the\u00a0words of your mouth following this election? 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