Words are powerful instruments for good or for ill. We can use words in destructive ways, or we can use words to build and encourage. This must be what Solomon had in mind when he said, "A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!" (Prov. 15:23).
This must be one of my greatest weaknesses, and i was seriously a big (and successful) gossip-mongerer in the past. May the Lord give me the wisdom and determination to put off this old self of mine and put on the the new self int he armor of God. May my mouth be a sword that pierces through deceit instead of fuelling it.
Keep my tongue, Lord, bridled well,Words of truth, oh, may I tell;Take my heart, its wellspring deep,Cleanse and purify and keep. —Bosch
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