I've been thinking about Proverbs 11:22 for the last three or four hours. I won't relate the incident in detail that brought it to mind, but suffice it to say that watching that happen to another woman is just plain painful. It hurts even more because I've been without discretion myself.

The verse says, and I'm referencing the KJV, "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."

Tonight, after a rather ungraceful episode between folks that I care about, I came home to talk to my husband. We talked and discusssed the situation from all sides, trying to consider the feelings and motivations of the participants. My heart goes out to all involved [sorry this sounds so mysterious--put it down to discretion!], but the simple fact is that if a woman is without discretion, she surely becomes like a jewel in a swine's snout.

The episode that occurred tonight has made me think about whether or not I am pig jewelry, too. Especially when given the relative anonymity of a keyboard and a blog.  I get pretty firey on this blog sometimes. But is it really righteous anger? Is everything I blog about something I should even be saying? 

OUCH!

So, instead of the blazing hot tirade about the Senate not passing the MPA today, or grousing about email petitions, tailgating drivers, and dryers that make too much noise, or sounding holier-than-thou in a multitude of other topics, I think I'd better just pray, do a heart examination and some heavy duty editing of this blog.

And toss my pig jewelry once and for all.