When we talk, we give away what’s in our hearts. So, we can try to control our tongue, that is important. But ultimately we need to manage what’s in our heart.
Out of the Abundance of the Heart the Mouth Speaks
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You Need to Exercise a Little Patience and Self-Control
Developing patience and self-control is an exercise. We have to work at it. But if you will practice patiently obeying, you will see God’s goodness in it.
Think on These Things: Change Your Heart and Mind
To this day I still tell myself to think about butterflies or at least the adult version of something prettier and better than what I’m focusing on right now.