"Ever heard of e proverbs that says a nagging wife is like e water going drip, drip, drip...a dripping air-con creates e same effect. No peace of mind. Figured out a way to solve e problem. Attached a string to e dripping point and let it flow down.. No more dripping sound but a gentle soothing sound of water flowing down:)"
I wrote this in my facebook this morning after I manage to finally get rid of the dripping sound.
Have you ever had an encounter of havng to do your work with the sound of dripping water? I never truly understood why the writer in the proverbs would equate a nagging wife to a dripping water until today=)
So this morning I was just telling god how disturbing it would have been to sleep and do my work on monday with this sound. And the air-con man is only coming on tues. I have a fan but air-con would be good. I didn't know where the idea of attaching a string came from, but it just flash at me. It must has been from God saving grace:)
Then it became a conversation I have with God. I kept looking at the string.. and he ask me. What is the opposite of nag. I kept hearing pleasant speech.
He ask me then to look at the difference between a drip and the change that has taken place...it was gentle sound of flowing water, you could hardly even hear it. A quiet peace and rest.
When your speech is pleasant, it becomes a source of rest to those who hears it. It'll be a flow. Easy. Not something you have to conjure up.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6
If you're not sure what a pleasant speech is like, look at the antonyms of nag;)
Antonyms of nag : please, approve, commend, compliment, praise, acclaim, appease, gladden, make happy, molify, soften, gratify, aid, soothe
(the picture above was a 15mo old baby I met in the train while coming home. Couldn't resist playing with her. Coincidentally she is name after wisdom, Sophie. The core msg of Pastor's sermon today=))
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