The tongue — both a blessing and a curse

THE EDITOR: I have some very sound advice for Mr Basdeo Panday. It comes from chapter three of the epistle of St James: “Once we put a bit into the horse’s mouth, to make it do what we want, we have the whole animal under our control. Or think of ships: no matter how big they are, even if a gale is driving them, the man at the helm can steer them anywhere he likes by controlling a tiny rudder.

So is the tongue only a tiny part of the body, but it can proudly claim that it does great things. Among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a whole wicked world in itself. We use it to bless the Lord and Father, but we also use it to curse men who are made in God’s image: the blessing and the curse come out of the same mouth. My brothers, this must be wrong.”

BRIAN NORIEGA
D’Abadie