We live on the verge of hurting someone’s feelings,
or having our feelings hurt,
of offending someone, or being offended.
We need God to keep our hearts and mouths from both.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips!
For every kind of beast and bird,
of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed
and has been tamed by mankind,
but no human being can tame the tongue.
Psalm 141:3, James 3:7-8 ESV
