Words just come out

At work I work with people who use words which aren’t becoming of a believer. I normally do not cuss and I try to watch what I say. For over about 2 months I have worked at the same place, and I have found that some of their bad influences have rubbed off on me. We have a 3 strike rule at home, if a movie uses G-d’s name in vane then we take it out, and if a movie has to much cussing in the first 10 to 20 minutes we will remove it.

Sometimes I wish I had a mute button for my coworkers, I get tired of hearing about their very personal private lives. I do not care if they want to share their struggles but I don’t need to hear about things that should be kept between them and who ever. Lately, I have noticed when I am having a normal conversations with friends I have a potty mouth. I don’t use G-d name lightly, and when I do it hits me right away, that it is wrong, and in my spirit I feel it.

Today I was praying, talking to G-d like I normally do. I have been very annoyed with my job, and was expressing that. I do not hold back with G-d when I talk to him I do it as if he was right there face to face, I freely say what I feel. It good always been like that and normally I feel better. I said some choose words today and felt immediately convicted of my potty mouth. I do not like talking like that to anyone, but I have noticed lately I have not had a very clean mouth. I know it is believed what comes out of the mouth is in the heart, but my heart sure don’t want to sound like last week garbage can.

How do I not let bad influences rub off on me, and me become more like them which is more like the world. I am not saying they are bad people because they are not but they have made choices which are not healthy for them. It is hard working in a environment where you have very little in common with the people you work with. I know what James says about the tongue, that it is like a fire.