School Shooting

 

My wife was talking with some friends last week and off-handedly said, “Gerald had a school shooting last week …” Suddenly, she could tell by their gasps that she had said the wrong thing.  She immediately said, “Oh, no!  I mean he had a Santa school photography shoot!”  How often do we say the wrong thing?  Or what we say is taken the wrong way?  Have you ever ‘put your foot in your mouth’?  I do it all too often!  James said that what we say is important.  James 3:2, “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”  Hey, if you can control your tongue, James said that you could control the rest of your body!  Powerful stuff!  So, today, guard what you say.  Be kind and weigh each word carefully before it comes out of your mouth.  Think before you speak.  And I think that you’ll have a great day.  Yes, you will!  P.S. Look at the picture.  Miss Suzanne did all of her shooting from the three-point line!  Get it?! Ha, ha!