22886Wow! What a great DailyWord! Tks! We should all be so faithful to practice what we preach!
35675Thank you for the devotional! I enjoy reading them all!
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
3995MORE.......Redirected Anger
(Proverbs 15:1)
A Salvation Army officer stationed in New Zealand tells of an old Maori woman who won name Warrior Brown for her fighting ability when she was drunk or enraged. After her conversion to Christianity, she was asked to give her testimony at an open-air meeting. One of her old enemies took the opportunity to loudly make fun of her. He ended his harangue by throwing a large potato at her, which hit her with a nasty blow.
The crowd grew deadly silent. A week earlier, the cowardly insulter would have needed to sprint into hiding to salvage his teeth. But what a different response they witnessed that night!
Warrior picked up the potato without a word and put it in her pocket. No more was heard of the incident until the harvest festival came around, when she appeared with a little sack of potatoes to share. She explained she had cut up and planted the potato and was now presenting it to the Lord as part of her increase.
Warrior had learned how to live peace with her neighbors and yet be strong spiritual “warrior” for the Lord’s cause. What a beautiful example of taking the ill men do and turn it into praise for the Father in heaven!
by damaris
17 Jun 2008
Thank you for the Daily Word. I get ablessing from them. I pass them on to friends and family.
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