What Would Ryan Lochte Do?

Maybe you've seen the previews for the newest show on E!, What Would Ryan Lochte Do? If you haven't, you can watch it here. I will caution you, you will want those 4 minutes of your life back, but to understand this post, you need to watch it. 

Now I have a few thoughts about this show….

1. That's great he loves his family so much
2. Bless his heart, he doesn't have a lot of compelling thoughts.
3. At least he's pretty. Very pretty. (Yes I call men pretty.)
4. Why is this a show?! Are people really going to spend time watching this pretty young man make us all thankful God at least made him attractive and a great athlete. Don't people have volunteer work they should be doing instead? 
5. America, get it together with the reality TV trash. Ain't nobody got time for that. (Expect the millions who watch shows like this but I think it's all silly. For the record, I do not Keep up with the Kardashians) 

But most of all this trailer really got me thinking, am I sometimes just a pretty face? What comes out of my mouth on a daily basis? Is it positive and uplifting? Rude and snarky? Belittling? Kind? And do my words glorify God? I think it's something we can all reflect on, as I struggle with this on a daily basis. Sometimes my sarcasm has a mean tone to it. When I play tennis or competitive card games, I cuss like a sailor. Is my venting to friends constructive or just negativity boiling over into gossip? Am I gossiping often? Was that comment about that girls pants necessary? FYI, it wasn't. Those comments do no one any good. (See yesterday's post on this.) None of those things are good or righteous but we all do them because we are all imperfect. 

The writer's of the Bible knew we all would struggle with our mouths and encourages us to watch our tongues. 

^{James 3:9-10} 

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

Ephesians 4:29

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Proverbs 21:23

He who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards himself from trouble. 

This week, I hope to not just be a pretty face, but use my words to encourage others and build them up as our words say a lot about us. Looks are the first thing someone may notice about you, but as Ryan has shown us, being the pretty face isn't everything. Jeah!