Welcome to My Mouth, Despida Dos

"Oh be careful little mouth what you say...."

Okay, so I called my friend. Things were fixed. Yet, it saddens me that I let my mouth run wild. As we grow together, I know that offensive things will be said. However, I need not be so cavalier with my words.

Look at this scripture:

"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and
its fruit bad,for the tree is known by its fruit.You brood of vipers! How
can you speak good, when you are evil?For out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings
forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every
careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by
your words you will be condemned." Matthew 12:33-36 (ESV)

The tough thing here is that, for me, if I don't recognize the problem now, what will I say later? What do "idle words" look or sound like? While I can flippantly (I really like this word--flippantly) say, "It's about my motivation", what about times when I've said I would pray for someone and never did? What about those times that I've actually used God, through my words, as a means to accomplish a purely selfish end? What about those times I said nothing when a statement demanded to flow from my lips?

I can either glorify God with my words or I can be selfish. What a responsibility. Yet, the blessed thing about all of this is that I have a growing community who lovingly allow me to fail and are there to give me a hand when my stupid mouth says too much.

Father, thank you for community. Thank you for your word, despite the times it corrects me. I am reminded that I will be accountable for each word out of my mouth. I pray that I remember to use my words to glorify you at all times.