The days we live in give us access to technology that allows anyone, for free, to express whatever is on their mind at any moment.
Facebook and Twitter, for example, give the "common" person broadcasting ability that only a few years ago was not possible for the average person.
This can lead to a lot of knee-jerk reactions and responses to anything from what someone ate to their political views.
With that in mind, think about your use of social networking, and then read these words from James.
"Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself." James 3:2-6 (NLT)
Keeping those words in mind, let us make it a practice to stop, pray and think before we put our words out there.
