Words: Learning To Watch My Mouth

It is SO crazy to me how much power our words have. They matter. They are definitive. They change things. They can create walls, or tear them down.

I often think about how when a man proposes — and the power of that YES from his giddy new fiance. Or as a believer, that definitive moment of choosing Christ as your savior. Making such an incredible decision to abandon your selfish desires and choose to serve the Lord instead of man.

We can change our lives DRASTICALLY with one word, one syllable changes everything. I often get into a little trouble for being flippant or a little sassy with my mouth. But I need to really contemplate how my words matter. The tone, the timing, my attitude/motive behind them, etc. These things drastically change their impact and change their affect.

As a wife this holds even more true, being gracious, loving, quick to listen and slow to speak. These are things I constantly remind myself of. Men, or my man I guess is much better than I am about this. It is something that I deeply respect about him. He thinks about the affects of his words and really watches his tongue.

Ladies, I know we use our mouths as our greatest weapons, but what if we took the weapon side of it and changed it to be only edifying, and spoken in love. I know it is not realistic that we wont get frustrated and still say things we wish we didn’t. But, taking a different thought path and really retraining our minds to think about how what we speak aligns with our hearts desire, our motives, our beliefs. If we are to try (best we can) to be like Jesus was, let us also use our words the way that he used his.

I know it is a LOT easier said than done, but take the time to really contemplate how you speak. Think about whether or not you’d be embarrassed if Jesus was sitting behind you in a restaurant. Crazy to think about, I know there are times when I would be so embarrassed if he heard what I was saying.

I am NOT trying to make anyone feel ashamed or like I’m shaking my finger at them because shoot I am 100% guilt of this but it’s just food for thought!

Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
    and those who love it will eat its fruits.”