would have you speak,
The only words we should
want to proceed from
our mouths.
I remember as a child and even now words that were spoken and the hurt and pain and the effect mere words can have in one's life.sticks and stones can break my bones,
but words will never hurt me.
This is so far from the truth.
These are the words we would express to our children when they suffer ridicule from others.
We try and make them understand that words don't mean anything and we even try and convince ourselves they mean nothing, but words spoken can be powerful, they can have a very damaging effect, they break the hearts of others and they cause a lot of wounds within a person
that just can't seem to heal.
Many tears and many heartaches have been caused by words alone.
We think the words we speak about or speak toward others are alright, they are just words you hear and then they are easily forgotten. " Wrong."
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters,
and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
As we open our mouths we need to stop and think for a moment.
Are we gossiping about someone?
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost
parts of the belly.
Will the words we speak be of comfort to others?
Will these words stir up strife in the heart of others?
Are the words we are speaking the truth?
Are the words we speak hurtful to someone else if they hear them?
Are our words tearing down someone else and causing others to perceive them
in a negative light?
Would we want people to speak these same words about us?
Luke 6:31
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
As we look upon others, know that God created us in his image.
1 Cor. 15:49
And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
If we all are formed in his image and we are all God's children and God loves each and everyone
of us alike, so we should love one another as Christ loves us.
John 15:12
This is my commandment,
That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
If we love as Christ commands us to do, then let us learn to speak kind and thoughtful words
to one another, let us go the extra mile to be uplifting and comforting to one another.
Lets learn to bridle our tongues.......
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:
so is the tongue among our members, that defileth the whole body, and setteth
on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:
So where there is no talebearer , the strife ceaseth.
Lets learn to listen more and speak less, and when we speak only speak those words
that God would have us speak, through the leading of his spirit.
