Wednesday October 17 2012:
James 3:2. “We all make many
mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in
every other way.”
“There I go
again, putting my foot in my mouth!” I
find myself in this predicament sometimes, do you?
Why is it we
tend to say negative things about someone we know to another friend? The trouble our tongues can get us into is
astounding. We blame the “tongue” but it
is really our own minds that control the tongue. I remember an incident of
being told something by a friend in
confidence and then repeating the story
to someone else! Our friendship was
damaged and it took a long time for my friend to confide in me again. Why do we do this? Is it because we want to
tell the world that someone likes us and trusts us?
The tongue is
that little organ that can get us into more and deeper trouble than any other
part of our body. It is so small and yet
so mighty!
James tells us
if we learn to control the tongue, we are able to control all other parts of
ourselves.
I don’t know
how many of you have struggles in this area.
As I become more mature with the years, I am learning to keep my tongue
in control and life becomes less stressful.
Let’s accept the challenge of keeping our tongues in control. We will become more sensitive to the feelings
of our friends and soon others will realize we really are safe to confide in.
We need to always speak as if every one is listening, in fact, our Heavenly
Father is listening and he is the one we want to please!
Prayer for today: Heavenly
Father, I am so thankful for the friends
you have blessed me with. I cherish them
and never mean to hurt anyone but at times, Lord, I get carried away with
telling stories that I shouldn’t be sharing.
Please forgive me for saying the wrong things and repeating things that
have been shared with me in confidence.
Help me to become a better friend and keep confidences to myself. Help me Lord, to control my tongue. In Jesus
name, Amen.
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