Hello ! ;D Well , it was great today . Doris , came over my house today to teach me how to make ramen . Making ramen is so fun ;D after that , she also taught me how to make man tou . The traditional china food . LOL , and after that , I went over to her house too , played the piano for awhile , did some nails work and then around 4 something I walked back home ;D Owh tuesday night , I watched a movie called

Mao's last dancer

It's based on a true story and the real main character is currently living in Melbourne . I rate 9/10 . It was so awesome ;D Cry like siao at the last part . ahhahaha , watch it :D

Going aunty Prisilla's house for dinner later , won't be back early I guess , and gosh , 4 more days till school reopen , sigh D: okay larh , day 17 below ;D God bless and loves you !

DAY 17

The connection between mouth and heart

" Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks " ( Matthew 12:34 )

- The connection between mouth and heart is actually a two-way connection . The heart affects the words that come out of the mouth , and the words that come out of the mouth affect the heart .
" Your souls aren't harmed by what you eat , but by what you think and say " ( Mark 7:15 )

- Since words are an overflow of the heart , start taking your heart seriously Instead of pretending that your words meant nothing , ask yourself why you said what you said .
- Since our souls are harmed by what we say , start taking our words more seriously . Realize that words designed to hurt others hurt you the most deeply of all . - Your emotions are engaged ; patterns of how you've communicated in the past are involved , as well as past hurts and frustrations . Few strategies that can help break the cycle before the words start pouring out of your mouth :

• Get away for ten minutes , and let your anger cool down
  
• pray for the other person
• wait until after you've eaten to have the difficult conversation
  
• use owning statements instead of blaming statements- don't blame the other person for your feelings ; own them yourself
  
• watch the tone and volume of your words
• focus on the solution , not the problem
  
• learn to accept what cannot be changed
  

- while these simple strategies help , we have to take a deeper step- change the focus of your heart .The truth of God's kingdom is at the core of dealing with our selfish hearts .
" He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for Him and make the kingdom of God your primary concern " ( Matthew 6:33 )
- God's kingdom is where God's will is done - The only path to change a heart is to take off the fake and paltry crown you've fashioned for yourself - Your heart changes whenever and wherever you recognise that God is the only rightful wearer of the crown - Rccognising God's kingship and not ours has the power to break a pattern characterised by vicious words and to begin a new pattern characterised by life-giving words .