Daily Word - A Fire

Daily Word - A Fire
 
 From a very young age we are taught to ignore the bad things people say
to us ... and so the nursery rhyme goes .. "Sticks and stones may break
my bones, but words will never hurt me" ... only if that were so.  As we
realize that some words, especially ones from the people we love the
most ... have the power to build us up ... or tear us down to despair.
Such power from a very small part in our body.

There is a wise saying ... "If you have nothing nice to say, don;t say
anything at all" ... which is one tiny piece of advice to take control
of our unruly tongues ... and not allow it to spiral us down a path of
iniquity ... and open the doors to the fires of hell.

But by the grace of God ... and only by the precious blood of Christ ...
let our mouths speak words of life ... blessings ... and truth ... that
can come from our heavenly Father through our Lord Jesus.

James 3: 5-6
The tongue is a little member, and boasts great things.  Behold, how
great a matter a little fire kindles ... the tongue is a fire, a world
of iniquity ... that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell

James 3: 17-18
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy.  And the fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace of them that make peace