There is a phrase that has crept into our culture (at least
in my little circle) and have even head one of my kids say it that is
disturbing. I will hear someone make a rather snide comment about something in
life, and they round it it to make it "sound" better with a cute
"I'm just sayin'!"
Hearing this, coupled with the recent developments in the
Olympics as Voula Papachristou was dismissed from the Greek national team due
to racist comments on Twitter, has made me think that we are really failing in
some basic Biblical understanding of our speech.
James warns of us that our tongues must be bridled. His
exhortation is,..." let every person be quick to hear, slow to
speak, slow to anger" (James 1:19)) Obviously, this is not a new
problem since James addressed it a number of years ago, but it seems that we
may be oblivious to the fact that Satan is using the greatness of technological
advances to tempt us to "say what's on our minds" without giving any
tought.
One article the other day about the reality of the current
social media and these athletes in the Olympics having to deal with Tweeting
mentioned that maybe people are picking the comments apart too strictly. I
believe there is some truth there since it is very easy for anyone to be
offended by anything another person says, however; I know, that as a believer
of Jesus, I have the responsibiltity to speak the Truth in love, and sometimes
that means I keep my big mouth shut.
It would be wise for us to take James' advice, as well as Thumper's
dad, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all".
We just might save ourselves and others a lot of grief.
Hey, "I'm just sayin'! "
James 3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and
cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
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