The bible says that the sting of the tongue is more lethal than any venomous animal in this world. It mentions the word “tongue” 93 times. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is a schoolyard phrase that is a bunch of “bull”oney!
People wound each other with their words. Our words have an overly destructive power. The bible does not compliment us about the words we say. It warns us what will happen if we don’t measure and watch the words that we speak.
What comes out of our mouth is a reflection of what actually goes on inside our hearts. Our speech reveals us and it is an indication of what type of people we are.
Monks took vows of silence because they knew that their silence, the likelihood of sin will be minimal. Less talk, less trouble.
How do we tame our tongue? Those who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways but if one is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his body in check, but no one in this world is perfect.
Much like the bit in a horse’s mouth and the rudder that stirs a big ship, the tongue is a small part of the body but it makes great boasts. Consider a forest fire starts off from a small spark. A tongue is a fire, an evil part of the body that corrupts the whole person. It sets the whole course of the life on fire and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals are being tamed by man but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our father and curse men who had been made of God’s same likeness. Out of the same mouth our tongues and our words have unbelievable power to do harm.
It’s in our nature to have tongue problems. We all have a problem with our tongue. But progress is realizing we are not perfect people.
God knows we need help to tame our tongues. To do that we should lead with our ears and then follow up with our tongue and let anger straggle along in the rear. Another way to say that is STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. If you do that it will improve your communication whether it is in your family, business, or relationship.
People wound each other with their words. Our words have an overly destructive power. The bible does not compliment us about the words we say. It warns us what will happen if we don’t measure and watch the words that we speak.
What comes out of our mouth is a reflection of what actually goes on inside our hearts. Our speech reveals us and it is an indication of what type of people we are.
Monks took vows of silence because they knew that their silence, the likelihood of sin will be minimal. Less talk, less trouble.
How do we tame our tongue? Those who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways but if one is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his body in check, but no one in this world is perfect.
Much like the bit in a horse’s mouth and the rudder that stirs a big ship, the tongue is a small part of the body but it makes great boasts. Consider a forest fire starts off from a small spark. A tongue is a fire, an evil part of the body that corrupts the whole person. It sets the whole course of the life on fire and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals are being tamed by man but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our father and curse men who had been made of God’s same likeness. Out of the same mouth our tongues and our words have unbelievable power to do harm.
It’s in our nature to have tongue problems. We all have a problem with our tongue. But progress is realizing we are not perfect people.
God knows we need help to tame our tongues. To do that we should lead with our ears and then follow up with our tongue and let anger straggle along in the rear. Another way to say that is STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. If you do that it will improve your communication whether it is in your family, business, or relationship.
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