Mouthgate

Today, I want to talk about our mouthgate. The power of the tongue is awesome. Once we speak we cannot take it back. It has been spoken and no matter what we said it is etched in stone (so to speak).

James 1:19 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

If we follow the advice James gives we will listen to what is being spoken first, and be slow to speak. That means we will be careful of what we say. We do not want to say words that will hurt. Once those hurtful words leave our mouth we cannot retrieve them. They cannot be unsaid. The hurtfull words just like the kind ones are lost in space and implanted in the minds and hearts of those the words are spoken to and about.

One rule to live by, If you can't say something good don't say anything.

God bless and have a great day.