It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along36the song playing on the radio. I37at the intersection and looked both ways. The road was38. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came39at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car40me by inches without even slowing down.
41I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,42after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me43. With a red face and a(an)44smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain45words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the46over and over in his mind. Too47I realized the48of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of49. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the50of that incident.
That51, however, did teach me just how strong words52be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words that uplift and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a53from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned54that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a55spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.
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