One Sunday morning in sunday school we were discussing the taming of the tongue and reading James 3. Two of the verses stuck out to me.
James 3:9-10
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
These verses made me think of a phrase that is no longer commonly used, but I thought greatly pertained.
Do you kiss your mom with that mouth?
The phrase as you probably know is used as a reprimand to one who has said something reproachful. In other words, Do you kiss your mom with the same mouth that those distasteful words just came out of? That question and the verses in James bring me to create the question, Do you praise God with the same mouth that you use to bring down a fellow human being, even though of God's image he be?
James 3 clearly explains how powerful our words are whether they speak truth or not. Do our words speak truth and life? If we are living for God do the words we say glorify Him? If we truly desire to be more like Christ are our words pointing others to the Father?
How often do we talk negatively about someone? Do we really praise God with those lips one minute and another minute speak scorn of His creation? We should profoundly realize that our mouth should not one minute praise God the Father and creator of everything and then the next curse the very thing He made in His likeness.
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