I sometimes wish that my speech could be perfect all the time, so then I would not have to watch the disappointment and sadness that some of my careless & hurtful words can bring to a friend. I know this pain for I’ve been there before, a receiver of painful words. And no matter how remorseful I may be after saying those words, I cannot undo the damage that I’ve done. That’s the nature of speech: Once said, and it can never be retrieved.We all know that words leave a lasting impact, but sometimes, they just leap past our lips in an instant; occasionally, even faster than our brains can consider them. In that unguarded moment, we’ve allowed foolish words to slip out of our mouths. Thus, just thinking about changing our speech is not good enough. We need to go deeper than our brains, all the way to the source of our words- our heart.
Our speech is a reflection of what is in our heart, and one can only produce good things; good speech; life-giving words, if good things are stored up in the heart (Matt 12:35). Therefore, let us make every effort to fill our heart with the wonderful works and Word of God; to nurture it, so that good and loving words may flow out of our sparkling spring- our heart.
The tongue can be an instrument of either a great deal of good, or a great deal of evil; and it has the power to bring life or death, to both its giver and receiver of words. We are free to choose whichever way we want to use it, but let us bear in mind that we will one day reap what we sow. We will be reimbursed accordingly with either the advantages or disadvantages arising from it.
2 comments:
Words and deeds changes a lot of things. Not only would it raise suspicions on what sort of person one would be in saying these words or carrying out these deeds, but many a times, a Christian would often be questioned on these actions if let's say they were the ones who were to commit these things.
Though it is important to keep the mouth at bay, but it is nevertheless proven and shown that the tongue is always faster than the brain. Hmmm... let that be a fact, like any other facts, it is never impossible to change this through a process of re-learning about the consequences that may happen. Some of us have the rarest of opportunity to experience it once and regret it forever for life, while others bear witness to such from others.
Though you may have gone through the times when unintentional or be it intentional words that may have sparked out onto others; and which we all know that that will be the last conversation we will ever have with the person in question, we should all be very blessed to be given this trial to learn from God. An apology to God will clear us, but an apology to the person whom we've hurt can never be so, like what you've mentioned in another article on being hurt and scarred as a kid (kids are more vulnerable).
Let us then be encouraged to fill our hearts with good things that flow from the blessings of God so that we may always be spilling out good things rather than the opposite.
well said! =) thanks for the extra insight..but it is so true,how we, humans can train the wildest & largest animal and yet, cant even train one small part of our body.. yea, like u've said, may we continually be encouraged to dwell in His word so that good things may flow out of us.. =)
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