Every Careless Word

"Every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment." (Matthew 12:36)

Jesus spoke those words. 

Every careless word. Oh my. 

Every careless word. Not some careless words. Not just the words I meant to say. But every careless word. Including the ones that just slipped out of my mouth. And the words I mumbled under my breath. The words that caused me then to think,"Did I really just say that?".

Every careless word. Not just the kind, thoughtful, loving words. But every word. Including the ones uttered in frustration or in bad temper or in anger or disappointment. Including the ones spoken about the bad driver ahead or the neighbor's kids or about the politician or the television pundit.

As I have been thinking about these words of Jesus, I wonder how many careless words I have spoken already today. Or how many I spoke yesterday.

How many careless words have I spoken this week?

Or this month?

And I realize that I can't even begin to keep up! How sad that is.....

Every careless word. That's a lot of words. And it's a reminder that we really do need to think before we speak.




"Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts; and see if there be any be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24 KJV)