The following is a paragraph written by T.M. Moore--a teacher and theologian whom I admire. He's telling us some truths about speech. It reminds me how much I need to think about what I might say--before I say it! Even before we speak to our children or husbands.
"We are glorifying God in our speech and conversations not merely when we are talking about spiritual matters or bearing witness to our Lord Jesus Christ with the words of the Gospel. We glorify God in our speech when our words reflect and convey something of the divine essence – His truth, goodness, peaceableness, thoughtfulness, earnestness, kindness, and love – to all those with whom we are conversing. This is definitely a learned art, but one that every Christian must work at mastering. For we do few things more each day than exercise our tongues in speech and conversation. The more we consciously and diligently seek to engage our words in a manner reflective of the character and truth of God, the more others will begin to be aware, when conversing with us, that they are in the presence of something unusual, intriguing, awesome, fearful, inviting, loving, and sure. Christian conversation is a calling and art every believer must take up and master."
                                                                                                  T.M. Moore, ViewPoint, April 26, 2010