What echo do your kids hear in their ears from the words you have spoken to them? Do they see you smile when you talk to them, or do they hear angry words with a frown that sticks with them throughout their days. Remember the scripture in Proverbs 18:21? Life and death is in the power of the tongue. Once words are spoken, they can’t be retrieved. They are forever in the atmosphere. You can apologize for the words you speak, or how you said it, but the echo will never go away. So put a guard on your lips, and think before you speak. What kind of words should we speak in our homes? Words that bring life, words that bring healing, words that encourage and edify. If we want those kinds of words to come out of our lips, we have to be putting The Word in our heart, because out of our heart, our mouth will speak. One very powerful thought is that if something you hear doesn’t line up with the word, we should analyze it before we let it make its home in us. Teaching ourselves and our kids to know if the thoughts we are thinking or the voices we are listening to are telling the truth or a lie from the enemy will keep us from meditating on thoughts that are not of God. Let the words in our home be sweet. Let our attitudes and actions demonstrate the love of Jesus.