Speak No Evil

Today’s meditation is dedicated to all of our political leaders.

Speak no evil one of another, brethren. – James 4:11

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. – Ephesians 4:31

If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak. – Anonymous.

Remember your mother saying, “If you can’t say something nice about someone, then say nothing at all.” I certainly do. I also remember mocking those words behind her back, but the more wisdom I obtain, the more her words ring true. To find joy in seeing the good in your bitterest enemy, to admire the qualities of those who you have the least sympathy — this is the spirit that heals the soul.

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.