The Water Truck

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. ¹¹ Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?     James 3:9-11

Observant
When I was in high school, I went with a Marine Biology class to snorkel in the Bahamas.  We spent the week at a dive station that required its water to be hauled in every couple of days in a large water truck.  One day as I was hanging around, I saw a water truck that looked very similar parked in a different location.  My curiosity got the best of me, and I asked the driver what he was doing.  He said that he was emptying the holding tank for the sewage.  Was this the same truck that had been bringing our drinking water?  ACK!! He assured me that it wasn't the same truck.

Journey
Imagine for a moment, though, that it was the same truck, and the driver's assurance was that he had cleaned it really, really good.  He could not possibly clean it enough for me to ever drink water from it.  This passage from the Bible refers to our speech, but Jesus reminded us that a man speaks out of the what's in his heart.  Our hearts are the source that must remain pure, and our words will be the evidence of if it is so.