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Our Words
“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few” (Ecclesiastes 5:2).
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment” (Matthew 12:36).
Some of us tend to talk more than others, and some of us tend to speak before we think. Often I have to apologize because I spoke too quickly, or talked out of turn. Many times we talk just for the sake of talking, and it becomes just useless and senseless babble.
The Bible has a good deal to say about our words, and the consequence of what we say. The above two verses are just a small sample of instruction and warning, but we need to take them to heart (perhaps some more than others). It is a serious thing to consider the fact that we will have to give an account of every word we speak in this life. Will what we say today be for the good of others or for their hurt? Or will what we say be just idle chatter with no point to it at all? Remember it is all being tallied in the records of heaven.
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