James 3
Hello again all.
This entry could well take a lot longer then normal to write on account of me watching Liar Liar at the same time as writing it.So anyway.Today we reaped the benefits of all the blizzard weather with about a foot of powder over most of the runs... most of which hadn't actually been plowed by the snowplows at all.The problem with powder is it takes a lot of leg power to move around and the back leg has to be really bent, imagine that trick of standing against a wall with your legs at a 90 degree angle, imagine that but only on one leg for about an hour...So yeah... we went out at about 10, boarded all over the various runs of 1650 and the headed over to La Tania where we went down a whole load of Black runs... I say black runs but they weren't actually on the runs themselves, we actually went down the off piste bits next to the runs where it was even thicker powder and even more tiring... I hit many many rocks...I have to get my board serviced tonight for tomorrow morning because there are some really massive gashes in it...nasty stuff.So we stopped off for lunch in La Tania and I had a lovely burger and the others that I was with only had chips, I blatantly made the right choice!
James 3 as per the subject...
3:1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?12 My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.15 Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
We recently had a talk, I say recently but it actually was about three months ago or something, at church on taming the tongue so most of what this section says was covered then.And it's really true about the tongue being the hardest thing to control. Think about it. Try and go an hour without saying something that offends someone, that is said in anger or in an attempt to put yourself above others in an improper way.And this is only keeping to a man made standard, not even the perfection target that would be demanded by the legalist approach to (false) salvation... It makes the challenge to live a life worthy of the calling that has been received even tougher. Again, Praise God we're not left to do it by ourselves, AND that we although we strive to live this worthy life, we can rest assured that the salvation we have received is complete and doesn't require our input... in fact, theonly thing that we bring to the table in our salvation, is the the very thing we need salvation from!
Someone please write me back...
[litening to:-Toby Mack- Re:mixes][contemplating:- getting my board re-waxed and edged]
This entry could well take a lot longer then normal to write on account of me watching Liar Liar at the same time as writing it.So anyway.Today we reaped the benefits of all the blizzard weather with about a foot of powder over most of the runs... most of which hadn't actually been plowed by the snowplows at all.The problem with powder is it takes a lot of leg power to move around and the back leg has to be really bent, imagine that trick of standing against a wall with your legs at a 90 degree angle, imagine that but only on one leg for about an hour...So yeah... we went out at about 10, boarded all over the various runs of 1650 and the headed over to La Tania where we went down a whole load of Black runs... I say black runs but they weren't actually on the runs themselves, we actually went down the off piste bits next to the runs where it was even thicker powder and even more tiring... I hit many many rocks...I have to get my board serviced tonight for tomorrow morning because there are some really massive gashes in it...nasty stuff.So we stopped off for lunch in La Tania and I had a lovely burger and the others that I was with only had chips, I blatantly made the right choice!
James 3 as per the subject...
3:1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?12 My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.15 Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
We recently had a talk, I say recently but it actually was about three months ago or something, at church on taming the tongue so most of what this section says was covered then.And it's really true about the tongue being the hardest thing to control. Think about it. Try and go an hour without saying something that offends someone, that is said in anger or in an attempt to put yourself above others in an improper way.And this is only keeping to a man made standard, not even the perfection target that would be demanded by the legalist approach to (false) salvation... It makes the challenge to live a life worthy of the calling that has been received even tougher. Again, Praise God we're not left to do it by ourselves, AND that we although we strive to live this worthy life, we can rest assured that the salvation we have received is complete and doesn't require our input... in fact, theonly thing that we bring to the table in our salvation, is the the very thing we need salvation from!
Someone please write me back...
[litening to:-Toby Mack- Re:mixes][contemplating:- getting my board re-waxed and edged]
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