Love/HateSample

Here, the author of this psalm asks God to set a guard over their mouth. Sounds extreme, right? Maybe. But, how many times have you looked back with regret on the things you’ve said? How many times have you wished you’d used a better filter before you spoke? How many times have negative and hurtful things come out of your mouth and it was too late to take back? In some cases, a guard over our mouths doesn’t sound all that bad! 

The truth is, our words have power. And the sooner we recognize that, the sooner we’ll pay closer attention to the words we say. If our words are thought out, guarded, and held up against God’s standard of what our words should be, we’ll choose and use them more carefully. So ask yourself, with God’s help, how can you be more careful with the things that you say?