May 20-21

I could not help, reading through these Proverbs, thinking of a movie I just saw last night, (courtesy of Charter on Demand if you interested) It was called Invictus. It was about Nelson Mandela. Now there is a man who knew the value of words and how to use them for the greater good. After being in prison for 27 years and becoming president of South Africa he hired and used some of the white men that had landed him in prison in the first place. He also personally endorced and encourged the national rugby team (overwhelmingly white) and encouraged his black friends to do the same for the greater good of the country. It was quite a movie. He also talked a lot about the value of forgiveness, the poisen of unforgiveness and the shortsightedness and selfishness of harboring resentment rather than pressing on toward the future and greater good of the country.

The whole thing caused me to ask google if he was a Christian. According to Wiki (for what that it worth) he is. Not suprising- they were all Christian principals he was talking about.

Prov 15:4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life. He was truly a tree of life for that country!!

So having said all that, it was much more fun to talk about how successful he was then how not successful I am often not. Oh taming the tongue........what a job.....Lord help us all!!