Sharp Tongue

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not be so. — James 3:10.

I have a frog in my throat. He needs to hop on out of there, but until he does maybe it’s a lesson to be learned. Words are powerful weapons which should be used to criticize and judge sparingly. As I try to use my voice only when necessary, I am learning to use it only to comfort, heal, and apologize. When I’m tempted to find fault with harsh words, I remember to save my voice.

Now if I can only do the same when the frog goes to another pond.

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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.