Anything You Say, Can And Will Be Used Against You

Remember this? Oh be careful little tongue what you say, oh be careful little tongue what you say, for the Father up above is looking down in love, oh be careful little tongue what you say... Did you sing that to yourself?

It is almost true that everything we need to know, we learned in first grade or whatever the saying is. I have had this on my mind for several days but couldn't decide if I wanted to write about it.

I want to refer to the message tonight. Mark 11:23, if you say to the mountain, move and you believe it, then it will happen. What you speak is very important. We must control our mouth because in it is life and death. My dad use to say to me, Kay, "think before you speak." He would tell me that when I was getting a little too mouthy.

Proverbs 21:23, "Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles." How many times have you wished you hadn't said that? Words can't be taken back.

One of my favorite stories and I have shared it a few times is about the two women who are very best friends. One day they get into an argument and one says something to her friend that she wishes she hadn't said. It changed their friendship and they were no longer close like before. After weeks and months of torment the woman goes to an older and wiser woman from the town and ask how she can make their friendship like it was before. The older and wiser woman tells her to get her feather pillows and while everyone is sleeping that night she is to go to every house in the town and put a feather at the front door. She is so happy to do this because she wants everything to be like it was before they had words. All night she works and works, the sun is coming up and she goes to the older womans house and tells her that she has finished. The woman tells her that next she must go back to every house and collect the feathers and put them back in the pillow case. The woman begans to cry, she says that it would be impossible because by now they have blown away and and she can't collect them and put them back. The wiser woman says that is true and once words have been spoken, they can not be taken back. It will take time to heal the hurt so be patient.

Be careful what you say. Think before you speak. Your words can speak life or death to someone.

I love you, you are my friend and I want you to be blessed.

Karen