By Harold Keller

A few months ago, as Jeanne and I were on the Causeway Bridge, she was reading a magazine.  “Harold, listen to this,” she said, and began reading, “It would be better for people to think you’re a fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.”  Defensively, I asked, “Why did you think it’s important to read that to me?”  “Thought you might like it,” was her reply.

Last week, my daughter, Ronny, called and in the course of our conversation, she, cautiously, told me that I should be more patient and gentle with people.  “Daddy,” she continued, “you sometimes come across sarcastically.”  “O.K,” I said, impatiently, “I get the message.  I’ll try to have a better spirit.”

This morning, as I was coming back from a Bible study meeting, my good friend, C.J. Tastet, gave me the following:

Having the last word does not say you are first.  Any person with the biggest muscle and the least brain can have the last say.  Greatness is not in the last word,     but in the wisest word.  And the wisest word is often no word – silence.  We are seldom hurt by what we don’t say.

When peace is threatened, it is better to draw on your self-control and say nothing than to draw on your vocabulary and say something that adds nothing.  A good     talker knows when.  Who keeps his tongue, keeps peace – and friends.

I’m a firm believer that God talks through people.  I just wish He didn’t have to talk through so many for me to, hopefully, get the message.

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