| September
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Before Listening
There are some people who
suffer from "foot in mouth" disease. They
do not think before they speak and often say
embarrassing things, causing them to put their
foot in their mouth.
All of us get excited
about things which cause our mouth to run ahead
of our brain. Sometimes it leads to
embarrassment but usually it is chalked up to
excitement.
We need to watch what
comes out of our mouth and put careful thought
into what we say. Not only can we become
embarrassed but we can cause a great deal of
trouble. If a politician says something
wrong the opposing party and media will jump on
it and often distort it for their advantage.
Our enemy, Satan, also
will take our words and use them to cause harm
when instead they should be used to build others
up. We must be careful with our words, not just
keep them from being harmful. Even foolish
things that don't need to be said can have
unintended consequences.
It is better for us to
remain silent than to bring embarrassment upon
ourselves and harm to others. |
