Daily Devotional

Seasoned with Salt Day 225 – 13 August The Gentle Way “A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1, NKJV) A Fighting Art Named for Softness In 1882 a Japanese educator named Kanō Jigorō founded a school of combat that would spread to every country on earth, and

Seasoned with Salt Day 224 – 12 August A Word on Wheels “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (Proverbs 25:11, KJV) The Half-Second That Decides Everything Ask any comedian to name the most important ingredient in a joke and you will hear a strange answer: the part where

Seasoned with Salt Day 223 – 11 August Load-Bearing Words “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” (Ephesians 4:29, ESV) The Crowd at the Demolition When a tower block comes down,

Seasoned with Salt Day 222 – 10 August Season to Taste “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” (Colossians 4:6, NIV) Salt in Your Payslip Your payslip carries a mineral in it. The word “salary” walked into English from the Latin salarium,

Seasoned with Salt Day 218 – 6 August Venom and Rust “but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” (James 3:8, ESV) A Pedant’s Distinction Worth Keeping Herpetologists wince, politely, when someone calls a snake poisonous, and their correction turns out to be worth hearing. Venomous

Seasoned with Salt Day 221 – 9 August The Weather from Above “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.” (James 3:17, NASB) Air That Confesses Its Origin Forecasters name air the way genealogists name families: by where it comes from. The

Seasoned with Salt Day 220 – 8 August The Taste of the Source “Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.” (James 3:11–12, NKJV) Old Rain Here is

Seasoned with Salt Day 219 – 7 August The Portrait and the Original “Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” (James 3:9–10, KJV) Tear

Seasoned with Salt Day 217 – 5 August The Spark and the Forest “So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!” (James 3:5, NASB) A Dial Pointing at the Red End At

Seasoned with Salt Day 216 – 4 August The Rudder and the Gale “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.” (James 3:4, NIV) The Old Man and the Great Ship In