Tuesday; January 16

Last week I saw words written and heard words spoken in public that are an embarrassment to our society.  Now before you think of me as partisan, please hear me out because I am about to paint with a broad bush.  First of all, there was an accusation that a “naughty” word was used in a meeting involving some of our elite politicians.  If it is true and that word was used, shame on them.  Folks, I have heard a lot of bad language in my jobs so it wasn’t my innocent ears that were violated – rather, it was that my consciousness for brotherhood and propriety was shocked.  Sure, I have heard similar language, but it was in bars at 2:00 a.m., not coming from a meeting attended by people who are supposed to be figuring out how to elevate the quality of life for “all men who are created equal”.  Yes, I have heard that phrase used before, but it has no place in a public meeting discussing the living conditions of fellow human beings.  Now, having said that, it would have been bad enough had that language been explicitly repeated during an afterhours news show or buried in the middle of an article in some political journal – but, to repeat and republish the offensive language where everyone can see it and hear it decries public decency.  Fingers were pointed at what was said while using the same language in an effort to shock or influence their audience.  All-in-all, propriety took a beating last week!
It has been said that the “eyes are the window to the soul”, but I am convinced that our language is the reflection of the heart.  The words we say and how we use those words tells what is in our hearts.  Words mean something!  The language we use speaks volumes about our moral fabric! 
We live in an era when we are constantly being cautioned about only putting healthy things into our mouths, but we must remember that what comes out of our mouths determines our spiritual and moral health.  Jesus cautioned, “Hear and understand. It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.” (Matthew 15:9-10)
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