A Mouth and Wisdom

While musing about Elder Ballard’s talk , several recent discussions in my BYU classes, and what I would name my blog, I found this scripture:(Luke 21:15)

“For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to ^bgainsay nor resist.”

It described perfectly what I want to have! A mouth (meaning to me: a way to speak the words – words that are sometimes given “in the very hour” ) along with the wisdom to know when, how, and with whom I should speak those words. And then the great promise — that ‘adversaries’ would not be able to contradict or resist! These words were spoken by the Savior to his apostles – but would they not apply to any of his disciples? I feel they would. When I read the scripture – it spoke directly to ME.

I feel like “mouth” in this context is not limited to the spoken word, but also to the written word including BLOGS that are written to fulfill the admonition Elder Ballard gave in his talk/ensign article.

What a great title for such a blog: A Mouth and Wisdom. It’s my goal, but until attainment of one or both of those attributes is a little closer , I’ll stick with a title that more closely resembles my content.