WHAT DID YOU SAY?

The Bible tells us that "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."  [Matthew 12:34]

LISTEN to your words today.  Are they uplifting and positive, or are they critical and negative?  Are you tearing others down with your tongue, or are you building others up with words of affirmation--validating their worth?

I was taught as a child that "if you can't say something NICE, don't say anything at all."  That's pretty good advice.  Our mouths (words) can get us into a lot of trouble!  There's another old saying that says, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me."  WRONG!!!  We've all been emotionally scarred by words that have been hurled at us to harm us.

May the words that we say be pleasing unto You, O Lord, as we go about our day.  [Psalm 19:14]

"The tongue is only 6" long--yet, it can kill a man 6' tall!"   

(Or as the Bible would say, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." - Proverbs 18:21)