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For Out of the Overflow of the Heart the Mouth Speaks

    I started again reading the Bible verses I wrote several years ago on index cards which I read everyday while walking around our compound. I wrote about this here .     And this verse I read was on top of those index cards I was talking about. Matthew 12:34-37    For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned.     This led me to think of what's in my heart. I would like to think that my heart is full of love and joy and peace and sympathy. But is it, really? Analyzing myself and looking into the innermost part of my heart, this I became aware of, in my heart is pride, bitterness, haughtiness, apa...