A Humbling Experience

I was recently reading the blog of a dear friend who credited me with pointing her in the right direction in her thinking about God. Oh, Kim, you don't know the mix of emotions that welled up in my heart all at once. Some, of the more prideful kind that I try so hard not to cherish and stroke, but others, like fear, that give me (proper) pause to consider the value of my speech.

"O, LORD, let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight. Let my hearers remember only the things that are True and point them to You. Keep a guard over my mouth and give me a humble heart. Forgive me for the times I speak in haste, or only to hear myself talk. Let my words be Your instrument to build others up in the faith. For Christ's sake."