August 14

“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” — Ps 105:15 BSB

I would rather handle live wires carrying an electric current or play with forked lightning than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ or carelessly spread slanderous rumors, as many Christians do to the harm of their own souls and bodies.

You may wonder why your sickness persists, why you lack the joy of the Holy Spirit, or why your life is not blessed. It may be that some angry word or careless gossip has set a chain of consequences in motion, and now that word is coming back to haunt you, just as every bitter thought or idle word will eventually return to its source.

Let us remember that when we harm or speak against God’s children, we are really harming ourselves far more.

Lord, help me to be as sensitive to the feelings and rights of others as I am to my own, and let me live and love like You.