As I considered James’ words, I realized how the tongue can quickly destroy people and relationships. In a moment they can go up in flames from a blazing wicked tongue. When I’ve read this passage before, I only thought of the tongue being the fire and how we needed to guard our tongues, but I never considered the devastation the fire would leave behind and how difficult it would be to dig through the debris and that rebuilding would be very difficult.
"Your eyes will see Jerusalem: A tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up" (Isaiah 33:20).
