Grains of Sand

Google Images Perhaps nothing better illustrates James 1:26 and James 3:1-12 than recent events in England. A nurse committed suicide after having been deceived by two Australian DJs into giving information on the health of the Duchess of Cambridge to a person she thought was Queen Elizabeth. Apparently the DJs are devastated. Certainly a whole lot less devastated than the husband, two children and family and friends of the nurse. It was a ploy to get a news story and it took a woman’s life. James 1:26 introduces a subject that the author will continue in detail in chapter 3. He writes: “ If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is in vain .” The DJs never imagined that a woman would take her life because of what they did with their tongues. We often never think about the consequences of our words. Someone recently said that the Lord gave us two ears and one mouth, signifying that we ought to listen...