Calendar Books by Allen James - Daily Reading - "The Journey: A Calendar Book"

What a beautiful August morning it is in Southeast Missouri....feels like fall....which is my favorite season of the year.

Our August 12th reading from The Journey: A Calendar Books, which can be previewed and purchased for 25% off for blog readers at www.jamesharryman2002.wix.com/allenjamesbooks, is;

"Bridle your tongue" (James, 2012).

Today's reading hits each of us where it hurts, to be sure.  What is it about humans to cause us to be so intent upon getting our word in, instead of keeping our mouths shut and learning from or processing what someone else says or something we hear, before speaking?

It has been said that the “tongue” is one of the most exercised muscles of our body. It has been estimated in a typical week, the average person will speak enough words to fill a 500 page book! The use of the tongue must be a matter of careful forethought for personal success to be achieved. The Holy Bible warns believers who do not bring restraint to their tongue and speech have been deceived — and without such control over their words, all attempts at personal success are worthless. “anyone among you...who does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, is useless” (James 1:26). It is a deception for any of us to think we can achieve personal success without also maintaining control over our tongue.


The reference to a “bridle” in the previous is of the leather harness and bit placed in a horse’s mouth to control it. In the same manner, we must allow ourselves to bridle our tongue, and bring restraint to their words. 

In today's world of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, we witness others' expressing their STRONG opinions about every subject under the sun.  I can not count the times I've seen postings as well which others state how much they wish they could "UNLIKE" some postings where the "tongue should have been bridled.  And how much more difficult it is to do so when ones words are being typed into a posting rather than spoken aloud;  our words seem less offensive when we don't HEAR them vocalized audibly; however others HEAR them just as loud when reading them.

Personal success is achieved through constraint and discipline.  

Bridle your tongue.  It'll be a blessing to not only others, but to us as well.  Keep looking up.  : ) AJ