MY CURRENT MOST HATED EXPRESSION

Have you ever heard someone say something really dumb? I mean something that indicates that they really haven't thought before they spoke. Here are a couple of examples:

l      "A fellow nurse at my hospital received a call from an anxious woman. 'I'm diabetic and I'm afraid I've had too much sugar today,' she said. 'Are you light-headed?' my colleague asked. 'No," the caller answered, "I'm a brunette.'

l      Here's another dumb statement: "Most cars on our roads have only one occupant, usually the driver." (Carol Malia, Anchorwoman).

OK, we can all read these statements and realize that they were not thought through before they came out of the peoples mouths. Granted these things are just dumb, they have no lasting consequence or importance in the grand scheme of things, but shouldn't we think before we speak?

My current most hated expression is "Oh My God." I am so sick of hearing this pop out of the mouth of almost everyone I meet. It seems that no one can express surprise anymore without misusing the name of God in what they say. You hear it a hundred times a day on television as well as on the radio. We as a people have lost our respect and reverence for the creator of our universe, our Heavenly Father, our God, when we use His name in such a frivolous way.

Have you heard someone casually use the name of our God as a curse, an exclamation of frustration or even surprise? Sure you have, maybe you've done it yourself. That is only a small example of one way we can speak out of habit rather than through thought. Let me encourage you however to start thinking before you speak. There are things that are of more consequence to us than we sometime think! Let me encourage you to say something to those who do this and remind them just who's name they are invoking.

 

Jesus speaking in Matthew 12:35-37 says, "The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things. And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged."

So how about it, how about stopping and thinking before you speak, especially when you are speaking about things that will effect your eternity. After all Jesus said the things that come out of our mouths, are a result of what has been stored up inside of us. Yes, you can say you are sorry for having said something, but wouldn't it have been easier not to have said it at all.