It's the spillway through which the heart overflows, like a dammed up lake at flood stage, and there's a crazy man with an itchy trigger finger in charge of the "on" switch! Think of the potential damage millions of cubic feet of water could do if turned loose. But if that water is contained, it destroys nothing. Think of how much more damaging our thoughts become when they are transformed into words that flow off of our tongues.
But why is it so easy to sin with our words? I think it's because we justify ourselves so readily and we refuse to believe that what we have to say would be unacceptable. I've justified reckless words before with that kind of thinking, and then regretted it. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit is teaching me to be slower to speak and quicker to listen and then to say "...only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." Ephesians 4:29
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