NO KIDDING!

Pastor Carl spoke this morning,about some things that were an abomination to the Lord, and immediately, my mind raced back to my Grandmother Bouterse telling me almost the same thing, as a little girl!
She grew up in Kronigen,Holland, and dared not say words such as "Gah",or "Jeez", as they were too much like the words God and Jesus, and when you spoke them, you were treating the names of God and Jesus irreverently. Darn was a "no no" too, as well as "Dad Gum". In her mind,speaking that, was twisting the very words itself, and should never be said!
I never thought about these things.......and that's the problem. We don't think about the words we use many times, and how they can hurt others,or reflect our Lord!
Scripture says that our tongue is the smallest member of our body, and yet it could set a blaze, a forest fire of evil words. His word says:"My brethren, these things ought not to be this way."
No kidding!
Maybe that's why we're told to think on the things that are pure;lovely;of good report, and of good virtue.....because He knew that as we pondered those things in our heart, so would we speak and act!
Becky