Sometimes, that seems like what we say and hear has turned into. In one of Shakespeare’s sonnets it says “It is a tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing.” That is one the things that has stuck with me since high school (now that was a long time ago. There are days, when I get the feeling that my words are that way. There are other times when they are inciteful and precise without hurting other people. What we say and how we say it can be helpful or hurtful.
Reading James this morning got me caught up in chapter 3 where he talks about the tongue. The comparison of the tongue to a fire was almost real-time. What with the grass fire burning on Sherman Island right now, it’s easy to be very real about the the damage the tongue can do.
Then I looked up a cross reference to Proverbs…