When I first came to the Lord I consolidated all of my bad "God" swear words into the f word... I said this word quite frequently & honestly, now am embarassed, ashamed, mortified at the dirt from the mouth of this woman professing to her friends her new found faith in the Lord and with the same mouth speaking DIRT. I think I lost a little or a lot of credibility there. about 6 years ago in the loss of my mother, I started to spend more time daily with the LOrd. Upon doing this a conviction of ugly speak regardless of what it is about, whether it be slander of another, gossip, or swearing, anyway I started to be aware of how i was hurting my relationship with the Lord by not listening to the Holy Spirit when I'd feel conviction of my bad mouth. People couldnt see the light of the Lord in my life because they couldnt get past the sound of hell spewing from my lips. HOpe I articulated this right. If you dont acknowledge where you err... you will impeed your growth in the Lord & there is NOTHING better than feeling him right beside you. next time you wanna finger someone smile & BIG wave... seriously, I used to finger people, now I smile & wave & actually its like heaping coals on them lol!