Where I am today, the Pacific
Northwest is ablaze with wildfires in every direction. People in Oregon,
California, and Washington are evacuating their homes and seeking refuge
in cities. Ash is literally raining from the sky, and there are air
quality alerts warning people to stay indoors and out of the smoke. 24
people have already died as the fires are wreaking havoc on whole
communities. The Bible describes our tongues in the same way—able to
wreak havoc and full of death:
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the
tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set
among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the
entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can
be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame
the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we
bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made
in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and
cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. -
James
3:5-10 (ESV)
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