overflow

This morning I was reading out of Matt 12:34-36. The overflow of our heart, Jesus states "for out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks". I have a purple post it note in my Bible from 6 or 7 years ago by this passage, on it , I wrote " when the Holy Spirit is in us and continually filling us, it shows by our speech and actions". Garbage in garbage out. This really hit when I thought about all the "Great Entertainment" I allow myself to watch. You know for the first few years after asking Jesus into my life, not a swear word exited my lips. I find now that in times of stress and distress it's all I can do to keep from swearing.

The other area of influence is all the open uninhibited sex on almost every T.V. show out there. This is a call to all men. The more of this garbage you let into your life the harder it will be to keep your heart and mind on your spouse. Treat your wife like the gift from God that she is. There is a lot of "overflow of the heart" that is leading to adultery, divorce, and perversions of marriage that are to many to list. God has asked us (men) to love our wives as Christ loved the church, He laid down his life for the church. If we are not laying down our lives we at least need to lay down the remote, the magazine, the DVD, the website,and the love of self first.

The sobering part of Jesus words is in vs 36. " men will have to give account on the day of judgement for every careless word they have spoken. James 3:9 reminds us of the reality of the overflow of our heart. " With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.

So..... my goal will continue to be this. Fill my mind with the things of God, starting with the foundation of Gods word, the Bible.