The above titled poem comes from Nancy Eichmans book entitled, Seasoning Your Words, Gospel Advocate (1977); pp. 38-39, illustrating the fact that successfully managing the words that come out of our mouth is of utmost importance (Matthew 12:34-37; cf. Psalm 39:1; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 21:23).<\/p>\n
He rode into town that day,<\/em><\/strong> He swaggered down from his horse<\/em><\/strong> Why dont you ever paint your sign?<\/em><\/strong> This cowboy liked to cut things down;<\/em><\/strong> He criticized the barbers cut.<\/em><\/strong> The saloon doors were much too squeaky,<\/em><\/strong> The townspeople endured this critical stuff.<\/em><\/strong> Its not how tall in the saddle he sat,<\/em><\/strong> Brethren and friends, no matter if were the critic or among those who are criticized, may our words always be seasoned with salt and tempered with love (Colossians 4:6; cf. Ecclesiastes 10:12-14).<\/p>\n Lets think about it!<\/strong><\/p>\n Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The above titled poem comes from Nancy Eichmans book entitled, Seasoning Your Words, Gospel Advocate (1977); pp. 38-39, illustrating the fact that successfully managing the words that come out of our mouth is of utmost importance (Matthew 12:34-37; cf. Psalm 39:1; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 21:23). He rode into town that day, Acting as if he … Continue reading “The Minimizer – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Acting as if he were going to stay.<\/em><\/strong>
With silver spurs and 10-gallon hat,<\/em><\/strong>
Upon a proud horse he sat.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
And said, Howdy, of course,<\/em><\/strong>
But then he got analytical,<\/em><\/strong>
And his words turned mighty critical.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
The lettering was sure out of line.<\/em><\/strong>
Cant you dress up the town a bit?<\/em><\/strong>
Looks pretty bad from where I sit!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
He minimized folks all over town.<\/em><\/strong>
It wasnt with his gun he killed;<\/em><\/strong>
His mouth thats where he was skilled.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
In the road he saw every rut.<\/em><\/strong>
Aunt Merties dumplings he denounced.<\/em><\/strong>
The mayors politics he trounced.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
And the floor was way too creaky.<\/em><\/strong>
The banks rates were much too high.<\/em><\/strong>
He made plain Jane Stenson cry.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
They suffered till theyd had enough.<\/em><\/strong>
They formed a posse late one night<\/em><\/strong>
And rode the Minimizer out of sight.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
How his spurs jingled, how he cocked his hat,<\/em><\/strong>
Nor how famous he was from North to South;<\/em><\/strong>
No, it mattered how he managed his mouth!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n