Keep the Word of God in your mouth

My friend, Christina, offered me some wonderful advice this week. "Keep the word of God in your mouth." Oh how those words have rung true so many times this week. As we were driving home from Lincoln tonight and I was feeling discouraged about not hearing a single thing from our government, those words again came to mind. But what would God say about this situation? What I got was the verse "Pray for those who persecute you." Obviously this isn't a deliberate persecution but it sure feels like there are many things stacked against us. It's so easy to be mad at the people who you feel like aren't doing their jobs. So tonight I prayed for those people who may be mentally fatigued from reading documents, who may have tired eyes from staring at a computer screen, who may have dealt with some really angry, hopping mad parents who were not kind or gentle in spirit. And you know what, I actually started feeling better about it. And then we got home and had three emails from DHS so that makes me feel even better. Counting God's word as a blessing...