.....When I was in the third grade, we had a fellow student that at school (in the class room or outside on the playground) he would not speak a word. He would not speak at all. He had a personal fastener on his mouth.
.....Well this student played with us the games we all played outside, he was even rather good at the games we played, but that boy would not speak a word to any of us. NONE, not even one.
......As that school years days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, that boy still had not said a single word. None of us knew what his voice even sounded like. We never heard him even grunt, nor laugh.
.......Well after a while and this was in the latter 60s, this began to really concern our teacher. I suppose she got permission from his parents to use teachers classroom battle tactics to get the boy to speak because one day our teacher called him to the front of the class. He went up. We were all staring at him as he went to the front and our eyes fastened on him and the situation. Then after this boy went up front she picked him up and placed him on the teachers desk. He was standing. She got a thin paddle out and used paddling (small spanks) to try to get him to speak. That boy no matter what, no matter the inflicted pain, he would not say a word and he did not even cry. He kept silent. He would rather keep silent than to speak. The whole year that boy did not say a word at school. But we learned this after months of his silence, you could call him at home and there he would talk to you. He and I after i learned that, we had some phone conversations but not one ever at school. What a lesson we can learn from such tongue discipline and control.
...... The bible says that Jesus only spoke the Word of God. Imagine that testimony. It's the New testament Gospels. It also says that Jesus had the Spirit of God greatly, even without measure. Jesus Watched His Tongue always to speak only what God told him to speak (Gods Word) and His Word was with God's power. Jesus spoke only God's Word and also it is written that God gave His Son His Spirit and Power without measure. Let's make that grace light connection. Words of God and the Power of God. That was Jesus. He could be trusted with God's power and fire. He Watched His Tongue.
......Jesus said, on judgement day we shall give account to God for every idle word that we spoke. Every word shall even be brought forth for the judging, even all secrets of our hearts. We need to somewhat do as that boy did when I was in the 3rd grade and control our speech no matter the pressure that our friends or the world presses against us. Let us all WATCH OUR TONGUES. Let us all control what we say with our mouths in the love and fear of God.......deno......share freely
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