Have you ever had one of them weeks, that your anger soared and you said everything you should not of said, and perhaps should of just kept your mouth shut. No is able to bridle the tongue. It is a curious thing we humans like to react without control over a little member of the body called the tongue. The tongue and speech will get us in trouble every time. Our past election race prove how quick the tongue could act and how hard it was to correct in every situation where it needed correction.

The fact is no one realizes how little they can control the tongue until they are put in a situation that causes anger, sorrow/grief and even surprise of joy. Our reaction time to things is quicker then our ears sometimes it seems. Yet it more of knowing what the other is saying before we speak. Even if we think we are reserved enough to handle whatever may come, our tongues will always get us in trouble. Shock does horrible things to a persons controllable reaction.

There are times we praise the Lord with our mouth and other things that should not come forth do from our mouth. We are to bridle not just our body but our tongue as well. Learn to be slow to speak and not quick to give a response beyond truth. Many criminal caught by their own tongue and first response. Others are caught by their actions of not being to control their reaction. To slow down their reaction to things takes practice. Without God’s mercy and grace, our tongues would condemn even the most righteous of people.

Dear Heavenly Father teach us to control our reaction both of our mouth and bodies. In Jesus precious name, Amen.