I think that taming the tongue is one of the hardest things for us teenagers to control. A lot of times we try to say the smartest or meanest thing to someone but we don't consider the other person's feelings.
I just recently had that problem with taming the tongue because someone was putting my sister down and trying to call her out. I didn't necessarily want to hurt the girl's feelings, but I wanted her to realize what she said wasn't helping the situation. It was hilarious because I couldn't figure out the right words to say until I had gotten home. ( Don't you just hate that!!) I know a lot of us have had this experience. I told my mom and she told me that God didn't want me to speak when I wanted to speak. I do believe that because I didn't just want to tell her that her comment was unnecessary, I wanted to bring her out like she did my sister. I had to realize that if I did what she did, then I wouldn't have any room to correct her.
