Think your words don't matter much? Think again! Consider these two stories: One day in a small country church an altar boy accidentally dropped the communion wine. The priest immediately slapped him and said, 'Leave, and don't come back!' That boy became General Tito, the brutal communist dictator who ruled Yugoslavia for years. In a big city Cathedral, another altar boy dropped the communion wine. His Bishop turned to him and gently whispered, 'It's okay. Some day you'll be a great priest.' That boy grew up and became Archbishop Fulton Sheen, whose sermons touched the hearts of millions on US national television. Your words either build people up or tear them down. Solomon says, 'There are those who speak rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing' (Proverbs 12:18). Know what? What comes out of your lips reveals what's in your heart, and all your 'I didn't mean its' don't change that one bit! Eugene Peterson writes, 'Every day I put love on the line. There's nothing I am less good at. I am far better in competition than in love; far better at responding to my instincts to get ahead, than at figuring out how to love another. I'm schooled and trained in getting my own way. And yet I decide every day to set aside what I do best, and attempt to do what I do very clumsily - open myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love is better than succeeding in pride.’