"Speak Now"

As it says in James 3:5-6, "Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great thing.  See how great a forest a little fire kindles! The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity..."

For some reason, it has always been easy for me to hold my tongue, to pause before I saw something stupid.  However, lately God has been showing me that thought the tongue can be used for evil, it can also be used for good. 

My sister and I have been listening to Taylor Swift's newest CD and I've loved how honest Taylor has been.  I wish I could speak out like that.  Because sometimes I don't speak when I should.  And maybe, not speaking up is like lying because others assume I agree or am indifferent, when really I do have another opinion.  I need to learn to "Speak Now" for what I believe is right, so that I don't regret it later.  Because sometimes a second chance never comes around.

"Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.  Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.'" James 4:14-15