I read Proverbs 11:12-13 yesterday in my quiet time. My paraphrase of this verse is simple: "Just shut up!"
Can someone get me some duct tape?
I read Proverbs 11:12-13 yesterday in my quiet time. My paraphrase of this verse is simple: "Just shut up!"
Can someone get me some duct tape?
Our words reveal our hearts. Peter Collier’s book, The Roosevelts, provides some fascinating insight into the life of Theodore Roosevelt and his young fiancée, Alice. The unabashed tenderness in the correspondence surprised me.
Sam Rayburn had a storied career in politics and a way with words. He served seventeen years as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Perhaps it was constant bickering he witnessed that gave rise to this snippet:
"Any jackass can knock down a barn, it takes a good carpenter to build one up."