According to USA Today and a team of researchers at MIT the most difficult tongue twister is:
"Pad kid poured curd pulled cod." And you thought that Peter Piper and Sally Seashell were difficult! But tongue twisters is not what James had in mind when he wrote: "For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison." James 3:7-8 Is James suggesting that it is easier to tame an elephant than it is to tame your tongue? Yep. He is saying that it is easier to tame a raptor (or train a dragon) than it is to tame your tongue. Need proof? Have you seen one of those Birds of Prey exhibitions and watched as hawks and owls fly on command, snag chunks of meat from mid-air, and obediently return to the hand of their trainer. And while he's at it, James even says that it is easier to tame a whale than your tongue. If you've been to Sea World you've seen dolphins, porpoises, seals, and whales flipping and splashing on command for a free meal, so you know it is true. If you’ve lived a few years you’ve been pierced and poisoned by the fiery arrows of “deathness” that shoot like darts from the untamed tongues of homo sapiens? ("Deathness" is a word I learned from the lips of a six-year old that lives close by:) "The tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness." James 3:6 I read an article a few weeks ago that discussed the mental health of professional athletes. It suggested that the comments made about athletes on social media is having a devastating effect on them. Some of these athletes, who are top 1% of the top 1%, are struggling with serious mental health issues, like depression, because of the barrage of hurtful words aimed at them…their play, the way they look, their personal lives. We mistakenly think that money and fame makes them immune to the words of fans. But just because a basketball player is making millions of dollars per year, appearing in movies, and has the adoration of some fans, the poison of social media is taking a toll on them and attacking them at their core…at the identity level. If words, spoken and digitized, are crushing the spirits of grown men and women who hear taunts and boos every day, what are the hurtful words doing to our middle school, high school, and college-aged students? How are the developing minds, hearts, emotions, and souls being pierced? And what about you? How are you handling it? I mean, not only how are you handling the onslaught of untamed tongues aimed at you, but how are you taming your tongue? "If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless." James 1:26
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