ABC Television has a new reality show called "Brat Camp." The show takes place in the high desert of central Oregon and is part of "Sage Walk", an actual therapeutic wilderness program for at-risk teens.

According to their web site at www.SageWalk.com, it's a highly structured and intense intervention program for troubled teens between the ages of 13 and 17 who may be experiencing emotional, academic and/or behavioral problems.

One of the episodes shows how they handle bad language. Most of the kids curse with almost every sentence when they get there. But when a student uses profane language, they must pick up a stone and place it in their pocket.

Each time they use bad language, they must pick up another stone. It's challenging enough to trek through the desert with 50 or 60 pounds of gear, but it gets even harder when you're carrying all those stones.

The calm, well-trained and intuitive instructors explain that we must learn to understand the "weight of our words."

The Bible says, “Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.” (Proverbs 18:21 CEV) Your words matter. They can do great good or great harm. And once they've been uttered, they can never be called back. That’s why we should be careful how we chose them.