The Value of Guarding Our Mouth

One bit of wisdom I've learned over the years is that we don't always need to spout out everything that comes to our minds. Our opinions, thoughts and ideas aren't nearly as valuable to other people as we think they are and very few people actually care about what we think. Unless we are asked for our thoughts or opinions, most of the time it's wise to just keep our mouths shut and continue doing what we KNOW is right.

What I have seen is that many people today, especially a lot of young people, freely share their opinions LOUDLY, and they think that everybody else needs to line their opinions up with what they think. And if someone happens to disagree with their opinions, they want to call it "hate speech".

Well Friends, I have been around for a while and I have learned a lot of difficult lessons the hard way. I have learned that there are some things that are just right and true, but if a person is unwilling to hear the truth or they are too stubborn or set in their own way to listen to what you have to say, the best thing to do is to simply maintain an atmosphere of peace and pray for that person while allowing them the privilege of learning life's lessons the hard way.

Also, once they have learned the lesson the hard way, it takes a great deal of discipline to never...NEVER...say "I told you so." It doesn't make anything better to remind them. Everyone has the right to live however they see fit, and your life lessons are not necessarily what they are ready to hear.

Solomon once said, "He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction." (Proverbs 13:3)