Tips and Tricks: A Soft Answer

The scriptures say that a soft answer turns away anger and I have found this to be true.

The following excerpt is taken from Jim Bob and Michelle Duggars book The Duggars: 20 and Counting!: Raising One of America's Largest Families--How they Do It that encouraged me to use a gentle voice even when I feel angry.

"The Wisdom Booklet [part of Michelle's homeschool curriculum] advised that when you feel anger starting to well up, you lower your voice instead of raising it. I thought, Okay, Lord. I can do that - with Your help. When the next opportunity came to put it into practice, I was amazed at the difference it made. I lowered my voice to almost a whisper, and our children noticed a much calmer mommy. Instantly I knew that God's Word is true: by using a soft voice, I was learning to turn away from anger."

- Michelle Duggar, mother of 19