Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3
How easy it is to tear a person down with our words?
I'm not really one for mincing my words particularly when I feel I'm in the right or that I've been wronged, but God doesn't always want me to speak out, to engage at every wronged moment.
Sometimes we are to stand up and shout, but invariably we're called to humbly wait on God.
Its not easy to decipher Gods desire in those heated moments though is it?
I guess that's why the Psalmist prayed a prayer as seen in this verse.
Maybe like me, he couldn't hold his tongue!
But God can.
