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GLEANINGS FROM THE WORD Encountering an extraordinary God in ordinary life Issue # 212 July 28, 2001                                 The Headache I woke up this morning with a headache. I have been really busy the past couple of weeks with getting the house ready for sale. One of the consequences of my brain injury, is that as I push myself too much physically or mentally, the pain levels increase. As I woke up, the rain was gently falling. It dripped down from the eavestrough, though the down-spout in a rhythmic pattern. Sometimes that can be a very soothing sound. With my head hurting, every drip echoed. Each drip hit with the sound of a loud crash and reverberated in my brain.  The quiet soothing rain had become a painful, pounding, inescapable noise. Generally people don’t like noise. They may disagree on what sounds or volume constitute noise, but each person has some sound(s) that grate on their nerves and prove irritating or painful. One sound that is noise for most people is the sound of constant criticism or quarreling. In our best efforts to “change” someone, we often become nagging or quarrelsome. We forget that we cannot change another person, only God can. Our attempts to look out for the best interests of the person we love becomes noise in the back of their brain and are counterproductive. The book of Proverbs has much to say about this kind of noise. Bear in mind that in each proverb, the writer has used one gender or the other, but each proverb applies to both. I say that, so that you don’t use the proverb as a tool to “change” your spouse, family and friends. Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.                                        Proverbs 21:9 NIV Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.                                                    Proverbs 21:19 NIV As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.                       Proverbs 26:21 NIV   A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.                                       Proverbs 27:15-16 I’m not suggesting that we should never share constructive criticism (in the right time, place and manner), but we need to ensure that our words do not become painful, dripping noise. Until next time, may the words that come out of your mouth be gentle and loving. May your lips bring soothing sounds not dripping, nagging, noise. God bless. Kevin ©  2001 K.F. "Kevin" Corbin All Rights Reserved