----We All Are On A Journey / Other's Are Watching ~~

----THE FIERY TONGUE ~~
---{Please Read/ James 3:1-2]

--"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles."--[James 3:5] --

---ON October 8, 1871, (some) 150 years ago, a small fire got out of control in a barn on the southwest side of the city of Chicago. According to legend, a cow kicked over a lighted lantern, which started a fire that spread rapidly from one wooden structure to the next. Strong winds spread the flames east and north, even causing them to jump a river. Multitudes fled in panic. The Great Chicago Fire destroyed 18,000 buildings, killed 300 people, and left 90,000 homeless. Though the fire may have at first been contained to give light, one small accident led to great destruction.

We all know how quickly our tongue can give expression to thoughts and emotions. Sometimes we make a comment with little consideration of how it will affect those who hear it, where it will spread, or what destruction it may cause. James 3:6 says the tongue is set on fire of hell, and when it speaks from the source, it is always destructive.

The tongue stirs up rebellion against authority and expresses pride in its boastings. It strives about words--what was said, how it was said, and what we meant but not said. It spreads envy, evil surmising, perverse disputing, and corrupting influences. It ignites anger, malice and revenge. A gossiping tongue kindles great matters of untruth and causes deep hurts and broken relationships. No man of himself can fully tame or control his own tongue.

The Scriptures have much to say about the right use of the tongue. Like all the members in our body, the tongue needs to be yielded in righteousness to God (Romans 6:13) and not to the destructive unrighteousness of the fire of hell.
"A wholesome tongue is a tree of life" ---[Proverbs 15:4]
---BSW/DS~