Word Vomit

Anyone who has ever hung out with me or been around me knows that I suffer from the condition of word vomit.  Word vomit causes me to say things without thinking them through, they just pour out of my mouth with out control.  Sometimes this word vomit is not really that bad and other times it can cause some damage.  I have hurt some people unintentionally because of the words that come out of my mouth.  I don't intend to hurt people or cause people to think I am crazy but that is what happens.
  I just listened to the sermon that my pastor gave yesterday at church, i was not there so I listened online. (http://www.discoverthepoint.org/watchlisten/sylvaniacampusaudio/tabid/114/Default.aspx is the link, its good.)  And this sermon is the second in a series my church is doing on relationships and this one was all about our tongues, the words we say.  And his main points were that the words that come out of our mouths come from our heart.  And that God commands us to be careful with the words we use, to use them out of love.  Going back to the first point, the words come out of our hearts.  We cannot say that what we said is not what we meant or that we were joking because we should always speak from our hearts.  So the words we use will reflect our hearts whether we like that or not.  And so true it is.
  I always try to get out of what I said by saying "I didn't mean it" well if I did not mean it then I should not say it. Pretty simple in theory but hard to carry out.  He also made the point that the words we dont speak reflects our heart.  In that if there is something on our hearts that we know we should tell someone but we decide not to then that reflects our hearts.  We need to say the things that our on hearts and if it is not on our heart then don't say it.  Because once it leaves your mouth it cannot be taken back, if it never leaves your mouth then it will not be known.
  I know that I will be working hard on this.  The "opher" that everyone knows suffers greatly from Word Vomit but with some prayer and practice, I can overcome it.
Peace!
Oph