ONE LANGUAGE
Today's reading: Genesis 7-11

"At one time the whole world spoke a single language and used the same words." Genesis 11:1 NLT

I know, I know, God's talking about the time of the tower of Babel here, but I also believe He's talking about the good ole USA, also.

Forty hits next month, and even at this youthful age I can recall a time when appropriate language was normal. Men did not speak of certain things in the presence of a woman and dirty words were saved for the places where dirty words belong--bars and hostile places. Expletives were gasped at, not accepted as the norm.

But now?

'Potty mouth' is a rampant disease across our nation. Our school yards, our homes, our work places and our televisions--when certain shows are on. Our finest Christians even attempt to put a spin on the bad words by substituting them with a close facsimile...but doesn't it mean the same?

There are definitely different languages now. Three I can think of--foul, godly and whatever fits into the crowd I'm hanging around with. Two of the three are innapropriate--which one are you fluent in?