How's Your Breath??

You know how it is...you surrender to your craving for onions on your burger, or give in to the extra garlic toast with your salad. Then it's back to work...and suddenly your co-workers are holding up a hand as they talk to you, backing away as their eyes water.

"What?" you ask, "Is my breath bad?"

Sometimes we need to do a spiritual breath check as well. So I've devised a few handy-dandy tips to let you know if you need a quick spirit brushing:

1) When you speak, do you feel like you're belching smoke, or does the fragrance of grace waft with your words?

2) Are your words seasoned with grace, or are they coated in sarcasm?

3) When their eyes water, is it due to thankfulness at your gentle rebuke, or due to the cutting remarks sent forth?

4) Does a sense of sulfer follow you everywhere, or do you emit the aroma of God?

5) Does this post gently tickle your funnybone, or annoy the beejeebers out of you?

So, before we speak the truth, we need to check for the love; before we offer the rebuke, we need to inspect it for gentleness; and before we encourage one another, we need to look for the sincerity.

**HHHHAAA** So, how's my breath??

Be blessed, let God give you a breath check-up, and then go out and spread the sweet fragrance of God's grace everywhere you go!!

Deena