What to do when you shoot someone

Vice President Dick Cheney has gotten a lot of publicity recently about his hunting accident. HB London makes a very good analogy by pointing out that sometimes we shoot someone with our tongue -- gossip, innuendo, idle words. Paul writes to the church in Ephesus, "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" (Eph. 4:29). We can do a great deal of damage to people and the church of Jesus Christ with our random words. When we have wounded someone, we need to ask his or her forgiveness and seek to lessen the damage by going to those with whom we have communicated and making it right (link to article). P.S. HB also confesses two of his "almost" hunting accidents when he almost shot James Dobson.