There once was a monk who took a vow of silence but was permitted to speak two words every ten years. When the first decade was up, the monk said, “Food bad”. Then ten years later, he said, “Bed hard.” And then at the end of the third decade he said, “I quit”. The abbot said to the monk, “I am not surprised you quit because all you ever did was complain!”
8Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak, For the rights of all the unfortunate. – Proverbs 31:8
This verse reminds me of the Book of Esther where we read about Esther, who unsummoned, courageously went before King Ahasuerus to plead for the lives of the Jewish people. Esther’s approaching the king without an invitation could have cost her life. However, she set aside her fear to speak up for the rights of the unfortunate Jewish people who were decreed to…
