My home group is currently studying the book of James. As part of this we are spending time this week trying to tame our tongue. I don't know how many of you have ever tried to tame your tongue. Its really hard. No gossiping, swearing, lying, boasting, being proud. In the first day I had probably done a little of every bit of it. I would not say that I spend a lot of time gossiping or boasting. But some how I became very aware of myself and how I speak.
Sure I always think about lessening the amount of swearing I do and lying has always been a problem. But I realized this week that there is a whole lot of other things that I saw that are not at all nice, kind, neighborly, true or really Christian.
Anyone else think that this is crazy hard?
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In our family we play a game called "Opposite Day" where we try to say everything opposite. "No thank you, I would not like more milk with my supper, please"
It is very difficult to be on top of that game. I always thought it was a good example of how hard it can be to 'tame the tongue'.
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