"Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." James 3: 1-18
I sat across two skeptical, former Catholics at an overpriced meal explaining with tears in my eyes why Jesus Christ is the center of my life... Not to teach my noble superiority but to show my gracious reliance.
It's been too long since I said it and remembered.
It's not about worth or works, its all about Him.
But if you've got a husband in high political power and position whining and crying about the greatest economic devastation since the Great Depression...you probably shouldn't gallivant in designer Gaultier duds in fabulous Majorca for days on end.
I don't claim to know best. I claim to know My Savior.
Isn't that taming the tongue?
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