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:
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"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.'
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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."
