James 3:10-13 -- On Blessing and Cursing

"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom."
James 3:10-13


I like the idea here that we need to be consistent and focused on good, making sure we are always on the blessing side rather than the cursing side... loving rather than hating.  Not saying it is easy, for sure, or that we're not going to make mistakes, but definitely something to strive for.

In James 1:8 it says that a "double minded man is unstable in all his ways," and I think that is generally the same idea we're talking about here.  Just like we can't serve two masters, or keep second guessing our testimonies, we also can't commit to love our neighbors and then choose some to love and the rest to curse... or say that we love people and then curse at them all the time.  Trying to be two people is just confusing the issue--trying to head towards heaven, but take vacations in Hell.  Spoiler: doesn't work out.

Today, let's work on showing our goodness by focusing on doing good, not just occasionally, but exclusively.  As we get better at that, we'll be learning wisdom and meekness, and getting closer to heaven. :)