BBD 06.16.21 Tearing Apart (Classic)

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Classic from 2005

The Burning Bush Devotional

16 June 2021

Tearing Apart

Do you
see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -
Proverbs 29:20.

He who
has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he
is considered perceptive. - Proverbs 27:27-28.

In June
of 2004, the Albany, New York firefighters made a mistake during a training
exercise. The firefighters were practicing the use of the Jaws of Life and tore
apart a minivan parked (by a customer) at the junk yard where the exercise was
supposed to take place. However, it was just a three-year-old vehicle, a 2002
Dodge Caravan that just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The firefighters should have used another older vehicle for the practice
exercise. As a result, the city’s share of the bill for the destroyed minivan
was $12,000.

Think
of the shock of the owner of the minivan to discover that their vehicle had
been torn apart and destroyed. Even though it was a mistake, and the
firefighters were of course sorry, the damage had still been done. A year later
it appears the owner may receive compensation for the mistake, but there was
still damage that cannot be repaired.

Have
you ever said something to someone that you wish that you had not said? I have.
Have you ever attacked someone verbally and found out later that you were
wrong? I have. My mouth at times seems to have a mind of its own and has spewed
out words, which tore, I’m sure; at the heart of the person, I was attacking.
The apostle James writes about the tongue, “Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn
their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven
by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot
desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things (James
3:3-5).”

The
tongue can be a dangerous thing and can cause great damage if it is not under
control. James goes on to say, “Out of the same
mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be
so (James 3:10).” The tongue can be controlled.

The
next time you are tempted to lash out verbally at someone remember the mistake
of the firefighters. Remember that when you tear into someone with your tongue
that you cause damage that is very difficult if not impossible to repair.
However, if you do find out you have torn into someone by mistake - admit it.
Tell them you are sorry and that you were wrong. It will not completely repair
the damage, but it will help, and it is the responsible Christian thing to do.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and
Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Shonda
Hutson (fighting cancer); and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Classic from 2005

The Burning Bush Devotional

16 June 2021

Tearing Apart

Do you
see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -
Proverbs 29:20.

He who
has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he
is considered perceptive. - Proverbs 27:27-28.

In June
of 2004, the Albany, New York firefighters made a mistake during a training
exercise. The firefighters were practicing the use of the Jaws of Life and tore
apart a minivan parked (by a customer) at the junk yard where the exercise was
supposed to take place. However, it was just a three-year-old vehicle, a 2002
Dodge Caravan that just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The firefighters should have used another older vehicle for the practice
exercise. As a result, the city’s share of the bill for the destroyed minivan
was $12,000.

Think
of the shock of the owner of the minivan to discover that their vehicle had
been torn apart and destroyed. Even though it was a mistake, and the
firefighters were of course sorry, the damage had still been done. A year later
it appears the owner may receive compensation for the mistake, but there was
still damage that cannot be repaired.

Have
you ever said something to someone that you wish that you had not said? I have.
Have you ever attacked someone verbally and found out later that you were
wrong? I have. My mouth at times seems to have a mind of its own and has spewed
out words, which tore, I’m sure; at the heart of the person, I was attacking.
The apostle James writes about the tongue, “Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn
their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven
by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot
desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things (James
3:3-5).”

The
tongue can be a dangerous thing and can cause great damage if it is not under
control. James goes on to say, “Out of the same
mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be
so (James 3:10).” The tongue can be controlled.

The
next time you are tempted to lash out verbally at someone remember the mistake
of the firefighters. Remember that when you tear into someone with your tongue
that you cause damage that is very difficult if not impossible to repair.
However, if you do find out you have torn into someone by mistake - admit it.
Tell them you are sorry and that you were wrong. It will not completely repair
the damage, but it will help, and it is the responsible Christian thing to do.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and
Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Shonda
Hutson (fighting cancer); and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org