A Man of Unclean Lips
November 1st, 2006 · Posted in Notes to Self ·I’m not a particularly sweary man, but lately I’ve found myself using disgusting language and it has just been jumping forth from my mouth.
It’s not when anyone else is around, but when I’m angry and alone.
6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- James 3:6-12 (New International Version)
RodeoClown: working on words.
November 1st, 2006 at 9:39 am
Yes, I know what you mean. I can be quite foul mouthed when I hurt myself…I’ve been working on it lately. I also find having kids that copy my language means I am much more careful about the words I use - not that other people would necessarily call swear words what I call swear words - but some acceptable words just seem rather crass to me, so I’ve stopped using them.
Good post Rodeo.
November 1st, 2006 at 10:34 am
Yeah that’s when my mouth can be not very nice too, when I am alone and angry or stubb my toe..
November 1st, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Yeh good post rodeo.
I’ve been finding the same thing myself lately and I don’t know why - its a bit sad really. Shows how sin can grow if you let it get a foothold.
I’m working on being less angry.
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:59 am
I had this problem come on really suddenly once when I had been listening to music that had a fair bit of swearing in it. I threw the CD away and the swearing stopped.
Summary: be harshly discriminatory with what you allow to be input into your head.
November 2nd, 2006 at 9:11 am
Yeah, I think it’s a few movies I have watched lately - I don’t listen to swear-y music, so it’s not that.
Could be all the swearing that goes on at work too.
That place is quite swear-tacular.