TONGUE-WORDS-HEART
James 1:26
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.”
James 1:26
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.”
Eight-year-olds, Greg and Timmy, stood in line to go off the high dive at the swimming pool. Pointing at the people streaming in from beyond the fence, Greg announced, “There’s Marshall!”
The line to go off the high dive snaked back to the sliding board--but Greg and Tim waved Marshall up to their position—at the foot of the ladder.
“Hi guys!” Marshall said, smiling.
“Cut in here with us” Greg invited.
“Nah, that’s not cool” Marshall objected.
“Right answer! I’ll kick your a** if you cut in line ahead of me” a guy said behind Greg.
Greg looked at him, tilting his head back. Gulping, he said, “He’s our buddy. What’s your problem?”
“Sh** on him, unless he takes his puny butt to the back of the line!”
“That’s OK Greg, really!” Marshall insisted.
“Wait” Greg said. “Kids do this all the time, it’s OK” he looked up at the big guy, hands on his hips.
“The h*** it’s OK!” the guy challenged Greg. “I’m waiting in line. He can wait in line—BEHIND ME!”
“See you later” Marshall said, walking to the back of the line.
“What’s your problem?” Greg asked the guy.
“F*** problem! Do you want me to kick your a**?”
Greg grabbed the ladder, clamping his mouth shut.
After the guys went off the high dive, Greg and Tim sat on the bench waiting. Marshall did the same reverse dive into the pool’s deep end (See Garlic & Diamonds devotion).
Marshall walked to them, red-faced at their clapping. “I told you that the high dive’s my passion.”
“Yeah, we’re amazed!” Timmy acknowledged, grinning.
“I took lessons in Tucson” Marshall admitted. “It’s too hot there to not live in the water! I like speed, so high dive’s what thrills me.”
“Tucson, huh? No wonder your skin’s so dark!” Greg observed. “Isn’t Tucson close to the equator?”
“What’s equator?” Marshall asked.
“Equator’s the latitude (LAT-i-tude, meaning a horizontal band around the earth) name around the Earth’s center. You’ll learn this next year in school. It divides the Earth’s North and South hemispheres” Timmy said.
“Tucson is close to the Mexican border” Marshall said…“Hey, want me to show you guys easy fun ways to go off the high dive?”
Take Home Nugget
It’s always important to speak kindly, using positive words that encourage. The words we choose for our tongues to speak reveal who we are. Let’s try to avoid words that reflect poorly on whose we are—God’s children.
The tongue is either a blessing or a curse.
Are you using yours for better or for worse?
J.D. Griffith
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