So I must confess.......I have a potty mouth..... yeah shocking I know, but for those of you that acknowledge intimate relationships with me this is of no surprise. This all came about today as I drove the 120 mile BORING trek back to my neck of the woods after 2 days of freezing rain and the inability to open my truck's door at 6:00 A.M. due to IT WAS FROZEN SOLID!! Anyway the trek home consisted of my mind not on the road but what my ipod spewed forth. The plethora of music on said ipod would curl some toes and make others cover their ears (check out the section "my joyful noise.") the music flowed through my speakers creating the illusion that time was moving much faster than it was. The shuffle option of said device would kick around songs that uplift my soul and others that speak of a much more secular taste. I hadn't fully realized what a difference words make when focusing on things of the Spirit, well today I noticed. Frankly I was quite ashamed about the secular songs in my music library. What does this have to do with my potty mouth you say? First off lets look into
Colossians 3:17 which reads:
"And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him." NKJV
And
Psalms 34:13 says:
"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile." KJV
And yet another, possibly my favorite (as far as chastisement goes..)
Mathew 15:10-11:
"When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said, "Hear and understand: Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."" NKJV
How humbled I was and as of this moment have the inclination to delete such songs from the library, and yes part of me is sad yet the soul is grateful. The big question of the day is, will it cease the profanity? with the grace of God on my side.....YES. Without His grace I am as good as dead. WENDY'S here I come!!
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