The tongue

How our tongues are occupied! They run more quickly than our feet, and carry less, though much mischief sometimes comes from their babble. They are sharper than razors, some of them, and cut deeper than swords, and kindle fire enough to set the world in a blaze.- Charles Spurgeon

James 3:5-125 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

When we open our mouths, we can be a positive example to people or we can be a negative. It is scary to think about how powerful the tongue can be. We can use it for good or for evil. We can use it to build someone up or we can use it to tear somebody's life apart. We can use it to spread the Gospel or we can scatter rumors and gossip among others. The tongue has started wars, it has caused peace. You have two choices today when you open your mouth. Which will it be, blessings or cursing? Remember, it only takes a second to say something that may take years to mend! God bless,Dustin