watch your tongue!

hey y`all!
today was great. and now my knee has a face. on the front & the back. thank you mitchell. & mr allen for giving him the pen. haha. VBS is a blast. sorry about the off-pitch singing today. and i figured out for the millionth time, i cannot play kickball for anythingg! haha. oh & i want to thank sunshine for doin all the cooking & stuff. shes the bomb diggity! so anyway, devotion last night, i figured i'd talk about James 3:6-10. which says, "And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature: and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tonge can no man tamel it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the simlitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My bretheren, these things ought not so to be." so. the bible says our tongue is filled with deadly poison. i never believed the saying "sticks & stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" its not true. b/c ive heard words that have hurt way worse than ANY physical injury i've endured. the bible says we cannot tame our tongues & that they are full of deadly poison. so we need to pray to God in situations, and ask him what to say. we need to think before we speak so we do not hurt somebody with the things we say. we need to choose our words carefully, and we need to say things that God would approve of, and now frown upon. we should not speak ill of other people, when they're around, or behind their backs. because even if they dont know your saying something about them, God does! so the tongue can be used for blessing, or it can be used for cursing. we should always go to God before we say something that way we know that it will be good and it will not hurt whoever we are talking too or about!
i love y`all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade