Guarding the Tongue

Mary

If the person’s inner stream is a mixture of good and evil, then the words that flow from his lips will also be good or bad. When someone speaks, they feel justified. They have spoken from their heart, but they do not realize that their heart contains evil as well as good.

After evil words are spoken, the evil holds an even more secure position. The person is amazed at the clarity of his own words and the evil becomes entwined within him.

O reader, guard your tongue for it releases into the world the evil within your own heart. How difficult to take your words back. They are planted in the hearts of the listeners where they bring forth another evil harvest. “If anyone does not sin by the tongue, he is perfect.” (James 3:2)

Comment: Both good and evil fill the world. Mary begins these teachings with our inner world. Unfortunately evil does not remain within. Human speech can give it a new existence outside of us.