One of the deadliest members of our body that we use every day is the tongue. This member that the Bible says cannot be tamed. What we use to eat with but what we also use to either speak life or death with.
Sometimes we are not even aware what we are speaking out of our mouths. We just get caught up in the moment and in the conversation and all types of things stat to come out of our mouths. But the one thing that I have noticed is the death that a lot of us speak over our marriages.
In a marriage we are one. One unit. Ask yourself this question? Would I speak ill about myself. Well you are if you are referring to your spouse. Our spouses are reflections of who we are as well. Your spouse is the one that we said in good times in bad times til death do us part. The one we love the most. Then why is it that we say and do things that we know will hurt the person we say we love and are going to spend the rest of our lives with? Although there are times we need to get good Godly counseling from another woman and you may want to talk to someone about some things that are going on and that’s fine but what I am talking about is openly an intentionally and on a regular just tearing down your spouse while he or she is there and while he or she is not there.
Also this member is what causes a lot of chaos and confusion. Look, we are grown adults. Why is it that people behave like we are still in high school with the petty he say she say. The Bible says if you have an aught with your brother or sister then go to them. This is a way we can keep the devil OUT! But that’s easier said than done. We would rather go to this person and say what that person done did and that person turns around and goes and tells another person and so on and so forth.
My momma always told me if you don’t have anything nice to say than don’t say nothing at all. Translated, if you can’t say something positive and speak life in that’s person’s life instead of death then hush your mouth. So many things get started by what some one supposedly said. That’s why we need to be quick to listen and SLOW to speak. We also need to be careful about what we say out of our mouths because SATAN is the prince of the power of the airways. You can have all the right intentions but you cannot determine how someone will interpret what you say.
Death and Life are in the power of the tongue. What are you speaking today?
