Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 17:3 (New International Version)

3 Though you probe my heart and examine me at night,
though you test me, you will find nothing;
I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. It just seemed like another day to me.

I’ve never been one for resolutions. They just seemed like declaring something that I should be doing anyways, so why declare or resolve? Just do it.

But this verse struck me when I read it recently (sometime in January 2008). Perhaps because my mouth has brought me trouble in the past. Not so much a coarse or foul mouth, but I have said things that I regretted later, things that hurt other people instead of encouraged them.

I like this verse. It is one that I will try to remember and to live. My prayer is that

my mouth will not sin.