Beautiful Language

As best I can determine, the way to say "take that back" in Spanish is "retirar eso" - it's the English equivalent to "withdraw that." No matter what the language, you can't take-back or withdraw words that have been spoken. God's Word to us is [as we in the South say] slap-full of wisdom about the tongue: Proverbs 18:21 - "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits ... Proverbs 21:23 - "Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble" ... James 3:8 - "No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison." Something amazing about God's nature is even when words from a foolish untamed tongue strike us, He guides the hurting heart into gentle healing. "Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others." (Ecclesiastes 7:21-22, ESV). Those barbs that bury themselves in the heart, God uses to discipline and instruct with tender reminders of our own misspoken words. Oh, let's not be part of that take-that-back crowd; rather, pray with the prayer of Psalm 1413, "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!" When He guards our lips, it's a ... beautiful language!