Tongue and Pin--Should We Not Harness Their Power ... Within?

Tongue and Pin--Should We Not Harness Their Power ... Within?

By Seah Greenhorn 
(with copyright)

Instinctively wise:

The rock badger, who makes his home in the crags.

The locust, without king, but forceful and destructive; their formation forward in motion.

The gecko lizard, clinging with his feet,
even in the palace of the king.

And tiny ants gathering their food
all summer long.

Instinctively wise.

Created that way.

Can a badger
Choose
to gather with the ant?

Can the locust
Choose
to lair with the lizard?

No. ... Instinctively wise. ... The Creator's choice.

The Creator's choice?

To give us a voice.

Through tongue or pin.

Should we not

harness

their power ...

within?

True,
"no human can tame the tongue."

And

"Thoughtless speech
is like the stabs
of a sword."

"Unruly and injurious,

full of deadly poison."

But, "the tongue of the wise is a healing."

We Must
remember this
with Feeling ...

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue."

Yet, what are we seeking?

Refreshment and
endless life.

So, this too remember is true ...

"a Spring does not cause
the fresh water and the bitter water
to bubble out of the same opening,

does it?"

So too our words.

Through tongue

or written word

they should instill

Peace.

"A small part of the body ...

See how small a fire it takes to set a great forest ablaze!

The tongue is also a fire."

Likewise, the pin.

Should we not 

harness

their power ...

within?

Think 'atom.'



Proverbs 12:18; 18:21; 30:24-28; Ps. 19: 1, 2; John 17:3; and James 3:5-8;