Are you a fire starter?

Have you ever noticed a trail of brokenness that seems follow you around? Have you ever wondered why people really don't open up to you? No one ever asks you for advice? Could it be from your speech? Your failure to listen?
As we are studying Can We Talk by Priscilla Shier tells us, alot of what we seem to "reap" comes from our spoken words, or maybe even the didn't say. You know the words you were just itching to say and just dumped out onto the conversation....the ones you soon realized should has kept itching in your mouth. James tells us many things about the mouth. We see in James 1:19"Understand this, my dear brother and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry", and verse 26 tells us "If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless". We spend so much time concerning ourselves about what to where, where to go, and what to eat, and not so much time concerning ourselves about what we should say!
Take some time and really reflect upon all that comes forth into your world and remember "the power of life and death is in the power of the tongue". Go forth and speak life into your world!
Live Beautifully : )