1650) Many of us are familiar with James 5:12. Here the verse admonishes us to let our “yes” be yes and our “no” be no. In other words, be a person of your word. But have you considered what our words tell others about ourselves?

If we spend much of our time talking about others and/or being critical, our words reveal a part of our hearts we may not be proud of. In other words, keeping our word in this manner isn’t what we should be doing.

Perhaps it would be useful to ponder what our words reveal about ourselves to others.