I recently posted about biting your tongue when what you want to say will only make the matters worse. Well, you also may want to watch your tone of voice. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to watch my tone and didn’t. All it did was make a not bad situation into a bad situation. Maybe bad is the wrong word, tense could be used here. A tense situation. I got a little frustrated with someone who isn’t easy for anyone to deal with and it very much showed in how I said what I said. Some situations it is ok to say something, as long as you say it nicely. Tone of voice is what tells your mood or your feelings about the situation. If you’re making a joke, your tone says that. In my situation, my tone was quite tart, even though I didn’t mean it to be. Of course, the person I said it to got a little angry and did the right thing by just walking away and calming down. Afterwards he did come back and go to a coworker of mine instead of coming to me, but that’s alright. No harm done. We live and we learn. My mouth has gotten me into trouble all my life. I talk too much and sometimes I use the wrong tone. That is why I need Jesus. Because I am not perfect and make mistakes.

“Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” –Colossians 4:6