Do you always have to have the last word?

I like to think I’m a kind person, but when someone disrespects me or disagrees with me on something I care about, I find it hard. Don’t you hate the part of you that has to get in the last word? We can’t let the matter drop. We spit out words fueled by the heat of the moment – words that continue to sting and cut long after they’ve left our lips. Long past the moment we regret saying them. We’re fired up, and although we’re confident in our position, we get lost in our passion. Sometimes the tables turn, and we find ourselves on the receiving end of blistering cutting words.  What if our angry words were the last words we spoke before we suddenly faced God in eternit