James 1:19 (NKJV) 19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
These are very sound words of advice for every single one of us.
Many lives are changed forever by words spoken hastily or in anger.
Angry words, or words spoken without thinking about them first, can do irreparable damage to relationships and to the hearts of those we love.
Yes, those words can be forgiven, but they can never be taken back. Once words are spoken, they remain forever in the ears, the mind and the heart of the one they were spoken to.
When situations arise where there is tension, and discussions become heated, how very important it is that we take our time before speaking.
When something pops into our mind to say, we need to let the Holy Spirit filter it and be sure that it’s what He wants us to speak, not what we want to say because our emotions are running high.
So, first off, if we have spoken out of anger to anyone and caused them to be hurt, we need to drop our pride and go to them, and apologize, asking them to forgive us. It doesn’t matter what they might have said that hurt us. We need to hold ourselves accountable to God.
How the other person handles it is between them and God, not between them and us.
And once we have apologized to the people we have hurt, we need to ask God to help us in this area, so we don’t fall prey to this again and hurt others.
Listen; be swift to hear. Think; be slow to speak. Stay calm; be slow to anger.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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