Pray that on UBFriends we may “speak the truth in love” (Eph 4:15), and that our blogging, comments and communication (online conversation) may “be always full of grace, seasoned with salt” (Col 4:6).

Yes. For more than 20 years however I kept silent, keeping such language in my heart only. In 2011, I could not remain silent any longer. The things I did and things I said in 2011 were surprising to me; I didn’t want to say and do such things. Yet I kept feeling a push forward, and knowing more and more clearly that someone had to speak up. These verses hit home to me and articulate the language of my heart which burst forth last year. 

Job 32:17-22 “17 I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.  18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;  19 inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.  20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply.  21 I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter any man;  22 for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.”

Jeremiah 4:19 “19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.”

Jeremiah 20:7-9 “7 O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.  8 Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long.  9 But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”