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" Are you willing to try — really try? If you’ve struggled with words like I have, you may have some mixed feelings in response to this question. You really do want to try, but you also remember times you’ve “really tried” and failed. If that’s the case, allow me to whisper a little encouragement to that word-weary heart of yours. Believe me when I say that if it is possible for someone like me to run her words through the grid of God’s holiness, it is more than possible for you to do the same. One step at a time, prayer by prayer and word by word, we really can temper our talking so we have fewer words floating out there that we wish we could take back. It is possible — for me, and for you. "
― Karen Ehman , Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All
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" we read a little farther in James, we find that the tongue cannot be tamed (James 3:7 – 8). Every creature, reptile, bird, or animal can be tamed, but not the tongue. Imagine a colossal circus full of every kind of creature: dancing bears, prancing horses — even a ferocious looking feline or two performing tricks or jumping through hoops when their trainers give the signal. But way off in one corner stands a booth with a closed curtain and a sign that reads: “The Utterly Untamable.” Then, at a very strategic time during the spectacular show the ringmaster hushes the audience in order to display this beast that will not bend. When he throws open the concealing curtain, sitting behind it is a woman "
― Karen Ehman , Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All