words

At the church I’ve been part of this summer, our pastor is doing a series on our words. 

The first week, as he was teaching on James 3 I was reflecting about the words I say out loud.  Definitely there is much room for transformation, especially as I relate to my family.  As I was leaving, though, I was prodded to think about other words, the ones I type on email, gchat, facebook, etc.  That is so much of my communication yet I rarely think of it as powerful in the way that I think of spoken words as powerful.  I often just dash off an email or text in frustration or anger, when in a face to face conversation about the same topic I would weigh and measure my words with care.  Oh, I am so guilty of destruction with my electronic communication, and I need God’s help to change.

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
   be acceptable in your sight,
   O LORD, my rock and my redeemer." 

(Psalm 19:14)