What you say about others is a reflection of yourself

Dec 15, 2011 by Rose

I did a group activity many moons ago which demonstrated that what you say about others is a reflection of yourself. I’ve just about had it reading Facebook statuses from people slagging off others and name calling. It’s truly amazing the insight to people you get through reading the bible that are so spot on. Matthew 7 gives us so many important messages but the first one is this:

¹ “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ² For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

³ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7: 1-5 NIV)

I think this is why the saying is so important to me, because it reminds me that if I talk trash about others, then I am only reflecting my own personality… if I talk good about people, then thats a reflection of who I am also. I would much prefer to be remembered for being a nice person than someone who bad mouthed others.

The ironic thing is, the people who are saying these things are those who not too many years ago were making their own mistakes and still are (as we all do!).

One of the important things I have learnt is this:

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (Luke 6:45 NIV).

It means, when a person talks trash about someone else, what they say comes from their heart. If your heart is in a bad state you’ll speak those things from your lips. If your heart is in a good place, you’ll speak things that reflect that.

Be mindful about what you say, because words hurt. But more so, what you say about others is as reflection of yourself.