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Word Study - Part 10 Monday morning, I chose a Proverb to try to implement in my life this week, and it kind of accidentally turned into another word study :) "One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend." ~ Prov 22:11. Another translation of "speaks with grace" is simply, "gracious speech". But then I thought, oh that's all well and good, but what does gracious speech actually look like? So I did a search on Bible Gateway for the anything having to do with gracious speech, and this is the only other verse I found (in the NIV, that is): "All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked." ~ Luke 4:22 Duh! Who better to look to as an example of gracious speech than Jesus?? And actually, we are commanded throughout Scripture to follow Christ's example: "Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." (

Word Study, Part 9 I apologize for not posting in a while. Although I've been continuing my study on words, I have not made it a priority to type them all up yet. What I wanted to share with you today is actually part 9 (so yes, I am skipping ahead quite a bit) of the study, and can be found in Exodus chapter 4. In this chapter (and chapter 3), God is speaking to Moses from the burning bush. Moses had run away from Egypt after killing a man, and been living in Midian for quite some time. His own people, the Israelites, seemed to despise him for being a judge and ruler over them, even though he was an Israelite himself. So, God reveals his plans to Moses--really quite brilliant plans they are...and a bit of digression, but we can see throughout the entire Bible how God makes the best plans! It reminded me of this verse in Proverbs,  "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." (Proverbs 16:9) Shouldn't that be such a wonderful comf