Friday!

Proverbs!

A word

spoken 

at the right time 

is like 

gold apples 

in silver settings.

Proverbs 25:11 CSB

Not sure if your favourite jewelry is fruit, but it does speak of life giving food, growth, flourishing, starting with a small seed, trees that give shelter...lots of good things wrapped up in that image. 

And to cast it in gold and set it in silver is all about how valuable something is. 

And that something is our words.

And it's more than what we say, but when we speak, and when we choose to not to speak. 

It's all about "at the right time".

If we are afraid to speak, this Proverb can give you courage because your words may well be golden fruit for someone.

If we have something to say, let's take a moment to consider is this the right time. 

The implication here is that this golden-fruit-jewelry-word is not about me getting out something, but about the other person. 

The timing of my words can speak life and flourishing and plant seeds of goodness in another. The heart of this proverb is otherness. 

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