Positive or negative, our words or lack of words speak loudly. How many times have you and I missed opportunities because we held on to our words? How about those times we wished that we could have taken our words back? In Ecclesiastes we are told that God has given us a time for everything. As we communicate with God, He will give us the wisdom on not only when to speak and when to hold our tongue, but how to communicate as well.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 (NIV)
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Proverbs 15:1-2 (NIV)
1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.