Monday, October 22, 2012

The Tongue (an excerpt from T. Semakula's upcoming book titled The Food Stamp Bandit)



The Tongue (an excerpt from T. Semakula's upcoming book titled The Food Stamp Bandit)

The tongue sits in one’s mouth like a neglected apparatus; its goal is to create. The tongue holds much prowess. This tongue of ours, so small, so loose, and so hidden. The Bible summarizes the tongue as a spark, or a catalyst, that if used correctly, creates an abundant life. However, if it is wielded in the wrong direction, it can compose total destruction.

The tongue is so powerful; that if we are apt to speak death over ourselves, without fail, we will find ourselves void of oxygen. So, why is it that very few folk heed to this bit of wisdom that graces the pages of the greatest book ever published? 

We speak so we are. We speak ourselves into poverty, divorce, depression, loneliness, black holes. We blame our situation on outside circumstances and forget that our tongue has spat out most of our destiny.

God was the first example, as to the power of speech. As the boom of his voice formed the word light, the earth became exposed to the glorious sun, the tint of the stars, and the huge glow of the moon. We thank God every day for the light as there is not much that can be achieved once the sun goes down. Without the light, we find that darkness creates the balance between start and stop, activity and rest.

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