Sports talk is full of images about fire and heat. A "hot streak" is good. "Cold" is bad. Normally telling a golfer, post match, that he set the course on fire would be a compliment, but recently it was a statement of fact. (http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2010/08/errant-golf-swing-sets-course-on-fire.html.php)
It sounds like something from a wacko comedy movie, but it really happened. Golfer hits ball into rough. On second swing to try to get it out his club hit a rock. Spark. Grass catches fire. One-hundred-fifty fire-fighters show up to put out the fire that spread to two hillsides.
I'm sixty years old. It is the first time I ever heard of a golfer starting a fire
with an errant swing. James and I, though--I speak of the Lord Jesus's half-brother, the human author of the book by that name in the Bible--have seen many fires caused by the human tongue.
If you enjoy golf, go ahead and play. It is likely that any fires will be completely metaphorical. Watch out, though, for the damage--intentional and colateral--that comes from the tongue. Like David, we would all be wise to guard our speech.
It's STTA.
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