Watch Your Mouth

So I realize that in today's society, you have the freedom to express yourselves.  You can say what you are thinking and everybody can follow your train of thought on Twitter.  You can share your ideas with friends and enemies on Facebook.  You can express yourself through artistic expression or through daily rants on Blogger.  As an human being, you have the liberty to say whatever you want to say however you want but I hope you realize the gravity and power of YOUR WORDS.
One particular scripture that I reflect on is, "The tongue has the power of life and death. . . " and when you think about it this is extremely true and relevant today.  With one command an entire platoon can attack a small village, with one phrase a person can save the life of a potential victim, or with one word a person can find the strength to go another day.  When you began to see the POWER of what is said, I wonder what you speak into your life and what you allow other people to speak into your life?
The difference between you having a great day versus a horrible day may lie in what you say before you even walk out the door.  The difference between you thinking highly of yourself and thinking less of yourself may lie in words someone else says to you.  I want you to think about it.  Whether you are wiling to believe it or not, you control what you think, what you say, what you choose to accept and what you choose to deny.  You have to take a stance to SPEAK LIFE. And you do not have to  allow anyone else's thoughts about you to become YOUR TRUTH.
In addition, be careful of what you say to other people.  You would be surprised of the POWER of your very own words!  I hear a lot of people say that "MEN/WOMEN ain't shhh!" but did you ever stop to think that maybe hearing that all the time led them to believe that they had to own that idea?  I realized it the day when the words I spoke years ago come flowing from someone's mouth.  We both had said things about each other in anger.  The difference: I CHOSE NOT to own what he said about me and he CHOSE to own what I said about him.  Now that I am older and I reflect on what I said to a loved one, it makes me a little more cautious about what I say to people.  If you can't say anything nice, DO NOT say anything at all.  I realize that it may be a difficult concept but ask yourself do you want to have a part of what someone else thinks of themselves?
At the end of the day, what you say may seem like it doesn't affect you but I want you to realize something.  In most cases, before you speak you think.  So if you are saying "I am worthless", that more than likely means you think that about yourself.  If you look at some of the popular rap artists, they SAY "I am the best rapper" therefore they think that about themselves.  See where I am going with this?  So before you say something negative about yourself or allow someone else to tell you something negative about you, be sure to say "WATCH YOUR MOUTH!"