Read Matthew 10-12
Matthew 12:37 says, "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Politicians, actors, musicians, evangelists, and other celebrities are often in the news because of something they have said, and it’s rarely because of something wonderful. Usually it’s because they’ve been unkind, offensive, or foolish. No one wants make history that way.
We might not find our faces in the newspaper because of something we wish we hadn’t said, but those who heard us will remember. It’s not easy to stop and think when we are angry or hurt. Words seem to spew from us without passing through our brains for inspection and quality control.
We can learn to control our words in the heat of emotion. We can bite our lips, leave the room, snap at a rubber band around our wrists, or any number of other tricks we can think of that could work for us. We just need to get into the habit of control. That way all our words will justify us, and not condemn us.
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