Water of the Cistern

We must be careful
to spring from the springs of living waters
the word of God within us
the Spirit in our hearts

Not from the waters of the cistern
gathered from the roof
the waters of the world
that from our tongues pollute

Guard what we say
let not the bile be loosed
the worlds we should utter
should lift our neighbor up


August 1, 2010
James 3:8
James 3:5-12
James 3:2-8
James 3:17
Psalm 141:3
&
Day 311, “The Untamable Tongue”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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