The tongue can stain the...
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The tongue can stain the whole body according to James 3:6. Our mouths can bless or curse. Our tongues cannot be tamed, for they are a restless evil and a deadly prison.
While working on this illustration in the study, my eight-
year-old daughter bounced into the room, asking a nonstop series of questions about some television program. I turned to her and told her to be quiet because I was trying to work. She stopped dead in her tracks and her blue eyes filled with tears as she left the room. My tongue was sharp and biting as I scolded her. Suddenly, I realized that reading about the misuse of my tongue in James was not the same as living it. I asked for God's forgiveness and then hers.
-- Bolton
While working on this illustration in the study, my eight-
year-old daughter bounced into the room, asking a nonstop series of questions about some television program. I turned to her and told her to be quiet because I was trying to work. She stopped dead in her tracks and her blue eyes filled with tears as she left the room. My tongue was sharp and biting as I scolded her. Suddenly, I realized that reading about the misuse of my tongue in James was not the same as living it. I asked for God's forgiveness and then hers.
-- Bolton