James 3:5 says that ” the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes big boasts. consider that a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. the tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person.” Have you ever thought that your tongue can be more important than just eating?

My Pastor talked about the tongue in his sermon last Sunday. I knew about my evil tongue before his sermon, but I gave it a lot of thought anyhow. I thought about our beloved America and how tongues are spitting out evil these past months. We simple Americans don’t know what to believe as far as our government is concerned. Even our media doesn’t tell the truth much anymore, and lies keep popping up about our president, even though he has done many good things. Something good had better turn up in Washington DC or we will lose our constitution and our country will not be our country any more, all because of the words that are being spoken.

That old saying, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” is not true is it? Think about the words said to or about you, and you know how much it hurt you. you can’t change it either, The tongue has wagged and the words are out in the air. It’s sort of like the cloud. I’m not much of a tech person, but it boggles my  mind to know how much of our tongues, words or music, have somehow been stored up in the clouds!

All of us must be concerned if our words hurt others. The book of James, in the Bible, also tells us no man can tame the tongue either, and I guess that is true. the words have been said and that’s that! The words I have spoken to someone have been stored in the person’s heart, and cannot be erased. doesn’t that make you think and be careful what your tongue says?

Many of our young people these days are confused. Some have never been taught right from wrong. So many have no knowledge that God loves them or that Jesus died for their sins. So they try anything that will take away their fear and confusion. They turn to drugs or alcohol trying to forget.  Or maybe they turn to sexual activity, even to changing their minds. A girl might decide she will handle her confusion better if she pretends she is a boy, dressing and living the part. The boy might do the same. And there are adults who have made up a word for it and call it trans gender.

We adults are confused too. We wonder what has happened to our world. We used to depend on our government, thinking they will make everything okay. But they seem to be as mixed up as we are. So we turn to protesting, carrying signs against every little thing we think is wrong whether it is or not. Many adults have given up going to church and many of our churches are as mixed up as their adults. Because of that, the adults have given up and don’t even tell their children about God or Jesus and that brings us back to our children’s confusions.

There is an answer! God still lives and waits for our prayers. We must pray urgently, not just bless our family or bless this food, but for God to bring  us closer to him, repent of , not only our sins, but the sins of our country and ask Him for forgiveness. I have heard, even recently, that God doesn’t care any more, but that is the evil one talking. God loves us, and Jesus died for our sins. And we must pray, all of us, before our country isn’t our country anymore.