From a poster in my father’s football locker room in the 1960s:
“Using curse words proves to everyone around you that you are not intelligent enough to communicate your thoughts using the English Language.”
The words of that poster must’ve stuck with Dad, because he was not one to use foul language as an adult, at least not that I can remember. I can’t say that I always followed his conviction about language when I was younger, but as an adult, I have also used the words of that poster to guide my speech.
God tells us, “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear…and there must be no filthiness…or coarse joking, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks” (Ephesians).
I hope to show my intelligence today as I guard my speech from unwholesome words. Hope you’ll join me!
God, Help Us To Change Our Conversations
And The Language We Use When We Speak!
No one who really wants [their life] to count for God can afford to play at Christianity. –H. A. Ironside
— brian rushing