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Not often – but sometimes – things seem to get out of control at the race track. Suddenly folks enter attack mode, from which it’s difficult to emerge. Track conditions vary causing set up and handling issues. Getting it all just right appears to be an impossible task. And then, when you finally think you’ve got it all together, in comes the rain or cold or wind and you begin all over again, if at all.. Darlington is known as the track that is ‘Too Tough To Tame’, Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mi. is one of the most unique and difficult to find a controllable and fast line to race. Winchester Speedway in Indiana as a high banked monster. If you’re part of the dirt track community you know that these tracks are even more difficult to get and maintain control. It is at these points that tempers are likely to flare and the day’s frustrations come spilling out.
However, as difficult as controlling a race car is – and as impossible as it seems – there’s an even more insidious control problem we all must face. The Tongue. Yep, that’s right, the tongue. I continually tell my grandchildren: “Your words can be a sword or a band aid. Which do you choose?” It’s a question I’d like to ask you today. Do you craft your conversations to build and uplift the people around you, or is your goal to hurt and tear them down? Good food for thought, isn’t it?
Check out these verses from the Bible, Luke 6:
44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. [Emphasis mine.]
It seems that so much of life is out of our control. But here’s something we CAN control – it’s not easy, but the rewards are great. Want to learn to control your mouth? Control your heart. Take a look around you. Who are your friends? What do they talk about? What do you listen to? What do you watch on TV or the internet? What do you read? It’s as true in life as it is in the computer world – garbage in, garbage out. If there’s garbage going into your heart, is it any wonder that garbage comes spewing out?
My challenge for all of us today is this: Guard your heart and mind. Determine to be kind and build up the people in your life. Let’s band together to protect our loved ones and friends from the ‘swords’ they might feel from others and apply the band aids of gentleness and patience. If that concept rules in our lives, we will definitely have “tamed the untamable!” And you can know that God will be pleased!
lbush has written 7 articles for Fast Track Ministries.
