James 3:5-6

I think we all know, as women, how people gossip....ALL THE TIME! I say "as women" because i think that we as a whole tend to gossip more outwardly than men. Thats not to say that there are no male gossip queens out there...
How often do we become a part of this? Giving our neighbor a bad name, complaining that he did this or she did that, bragging about how great we are, blah blah blah..... all these things that come from the very same lips that praise Christ himself!
My goal from reading these verses is to better tame my tongue and close my lips to the words..."did you hear...?" or "you'll never believe this...!" and so on. These things only lead to the destruction of others and to the destruction of our witnessing of Christ....these words start fires.
My words should be reserved for ONLY Godly talk.
"Father, please help me tame my tongue and use it solely to praise you in all I say."