Have you ever wrote a bad check? I have....I'd be bold enough to say every person that has, had, or have a checking account must have. Whether it was accidental or intentional once you do it, you realize there is nothing good about it. Not only did the bill you attempted to pay doesn't get paid, but you also get hit with multiple penalties which can sometimes exceed $25....so now you owe more than you began.
Speaking can be like writing bad checks. We know people that love to gossip and as they are doing so there will come a day when all of that will come to a head and they have to balance those bad (accounts) accusations, and the only way of doing that is during the presentation and confrontation of truth. Which for some will put them in an overdraft in regards to the relationships with all those people that are involved, or were involved in what was said.
In parenting, we sometimes can write back checks with our mouth. How.....when we tell our kids the consequences for certain behaviors but yet when those behaviors are exhibited we do nothing. See then the kid doesn't believe their are consequences for their actions. Or when we tell our kids we will reward them for certain behaviors only to never make good on those promises. That teaches them we can't be trusted. The scripture talks about the power in our tongue, and everyone knows that the tongue can build up, and decimate. The question is as a husband, wife, father or mother which does your tongue do? If Christ tells us that we will have to, meaning not optional, (Matt. 12:36) I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak. Do we use words that build up or tear down? Are they seen as careless because they don't take into consideration the feelings of the very people we are talking to, or about? This is why we are encouraged to let our words be few......because those that like to talk....will reap the benefits/consequences of what they have sown. LGLP
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