Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—James 1:19-27
by: Linda Harris.
We have a developmentally disabled woman who lives with us. She doesn’t realize that it is not socially acceptable to talk constantly, especially when others are talking. We remind her that God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we talk.
James said the same thing to his readers. The Message puts it this way: “Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear” (1:19). If we learn to listen more and talk less, wouldn’t our lives be better?