the steering wheel of your life...

james says my tongue directs where i go.  he says, consider a ship. james chapter 3 verse 4 (niv), 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.

the queen mary has three acres of recreational space.  the anchor is equal to the weight of ten cars yet a relatively small rudder directs the huge ocean liner out in the middle of the waves and winds and seas.  a little rudder keeps it on course.

our tongue is like that.  our tongue is like a rudder that steers us.  ships, …they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilots wants to go.  my tongue directs where i go.  noticed the word steered.  your tongue is the steering wheel of your life.  it is a guidance system.  if you don’t like the way you’re headed right now, change the way you talk.

many people think, if the tongue has such influence maybe it’s best to say nothing, to not talk, say nothing.  a guy joined the trappist monastery.  for three years, he was given a probation period where he was not to speak at all, but at the end of each year he could say two words.  the first year at the end he said, “bed hard.”  at the end of the second year he said, “food cold.”  at the end of the third year he’s about had it and he comes in and says, “i quit,” and the head priest said, “that doesn't surprise me.  all you’ve done is complain since you got here.”

james says my tongue directs where i go, so i’ve got to learn to control it.

just a thought from the front porch…