How to Build Your Business While Building Each Other Up
Our tongues are mighty enough to inflict wounds or build one another up. How often do we stop and think about the power we have to build up our business through our speech? Tune into Mommy Jammies Podcast as Gina talks about keeping our conversation holy.

"Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, Here's what you do: Say nothing evil or hurtful;  Snub evil and cultivate good; run after peace for all you're worth." 1 Peter 3: 10-11
Embrace Life
In our last two podcasts, we've taken a look at setting our priorities on the right course, those aligned with our values. Let's talk a little today about how to build your business while building each other up.
Community
When Jesus came to Earth he created a community - a community of the Redeemed. God Himself is a community in the form of the Trinity!

It's hard wired in each one of us to desire community with one another. It's one of the ways we can truly embrace life - by reaching out to others! While sin separated us in the Fall, and we still don't love one another perfectly, Jesus wants us to experience it. Though we experience God's saving grace individually, we can be transformed (sanctified) within a community. This community isn't just the church or our family, but also our business relationships.

Indeed, our businesses can require a good portion of our attention and can be a primary way the Lord sanctifies us, desiring that we would in fact- embrace life.
See the Day Fill up with Good
That brings me to seeing the day fill up with good. Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right? You complain, procrastinate, and compare to the point that you just want to crawl back in bed. While those days sometimes happen outside of our control, often those days can be a result of what the rest of the verse says to us.

In our business dealings, how often do we fall prey to sharing screenshots of conversations, saying things we shouldn't, or taking concerns to a friend first- rather than the Lord. I know I've been guilty of all of those and in fact struggle with this. It's a distorted version of community, isn't it?

What can we "put off" and "put on" in order to overcome this struggle? How can we build trust, friendship, and respect with our business colleagues using these put off's and put on's?
Say Nothing Evil or Hurtful
Just yesterday a friend called me deeply hurt by words said to her. Words! She wasn't physically harmed and she wasn't threatened. No, she was laughed at for a business idea by a friend. This hurt her in the moment and she was still dealing with it the next morning.

It's hard for us to realize that if we speak without weighing our speech (thinking how it might impact another), we can deeply would someone we actually care about.

How likely is this friend I mention going to be willing to share her business ideas with others again? What will she have to overcome and forgive in order to now show up in the world with her awesome idea?
Snub Evil and Cultivate Good
What can we do when a business friendship is based on a list of who to like and who not to like? Is it possible that maintaining these types of business friendships actually harm your own business and reputation? They can and they do.

We all know that person (and in fact, if we look in the mirror we're guilty, too) who can't wait to tell you the ten reasons not to like so and so. While it's good in business circles to give general warnings and guidance to friends in order to keep them from a bad business deal, it's not necessary to attach personal descriptives about another person.

Honestly, this is a difficult situation sometimes, but having a policy of carefulness and seeking...