Choose Your Words Wisely / Mrs Terri Wilkie

Mrs Terri Wilkie

School Teacher / Sunday School Teacher / Volleyball Coach 

Agape Baptist Church

Stockton, MO

Choose Your Words Wisely

I would like to be able to do an object lesson with you. Kind of hard to do when you're reading this on Facebook. But, if you will just imagine this as I describe it, I think I can make my point. Take a tube of toothpaste and squeeze out all of the contents onto a plate. Now that it's all empty, try to put it all back in the tube. Is it impossible? Well, almost impossible!

What does this all mean to us? Words! Once words leave your mouth, you can't put them back. You can say you're sorry and ask forgiveness, but your words are still out there, impossible to take back! James tells us many things about the tongue. We are told it is a little member, but boasteth great things. It is also called a fire, and we are told no man can tame it. How will you use your tongue? As a child we used to chant "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Not true! Our words can hurt! Our words can also help! It's our choice which they will be.

Proverbs 25:11 says, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." Isn't that a beautiful picture? Gold and silver are precious metals, treasured by many. And our words can be just as beautiful!

I've always been one to get in trouble for my mouth! I've really had to work hard at choosing my words carefully and thinking before I speak. Many times I have to bite my tongue till I taste blood (not literally! ). Daily I ask the Lord to help me with my words. I want them to be uplifiting, encouraging, and helpful to others. We have so much power over so many people daily. Our husbands, our children, our students, our coworkers, etc. We can completely make or break their day, All with our words. Let's make Psalm 19:14 our daily prayer. "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. "