I HAVE IT BACKWARD

Matthew 15:10-11 15-18 (New Living Translation)

10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

15 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable that says people aren’t defiled by what they eat.”
16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
17 “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.
18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.

I am afraid I am as slow as Peter about understanding this and Jesus's words convict me. You see I am slow to hear, swift to speak, swift to wrath. The opposite of what God says in James 1:19

In fact I am known for these traits (the sharpness and harshness of my tongue) and when I speak swiftly the evil that is inside pours out. Lord forgive me, change my heart and heal the hurt in those that my wrath has poured out on. Amen