Saying the Right Thing

Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!
—Proverbs 15:23 NLT

How many times have you thought to yourself after a conversation or meeting: "If only I had said this or that?"

How many times have you left a patient and thought of something you could have said that might have helped them understand a bit better, or clear up some questions or worries they had?

We often have moments that are begging for the right thing to be said. Sometimes that takes courage, other times it takes wisdom, but it always takes compassion to say whatever it is in the right spirit.

I am thankful for those who speak a fitting word at the right time and in the right place.

As Americans, when we say the Pledge of Allegiance, we remind ourselves and others of our values and beliefs as a nation; that we are "one nation under God with liberty and justice for all." What a humbling responsibility to live out these values each day in our lives.


The words "under God" were inserted into the pledge because of a thoughtful pastor who, in 1952, called for these words to be included, as he spoke from Washington’s New York Avenue Presbyterian church. Nothing happened until 1954 when President Dwight Eisenhower was attending services there and Pastor George Docherty again encouraged that the phrase, "under God" to be included. Months later the President signed it into law!

Pastor Docherty died Thanksgiving Day 2008 at the age of 97, with his wife by his side. What a difference his words made because they were spoken in the right place at the right time!

I am thankful for a word rightly spoken.

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Ps 19:14 NIV

May God bless you as you offer words this day and each day to those looking for help or hope!