Speech Lessons May Save Your Life
SPEECH LESSONS MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE It would never have happened if his mother had not been from Tekoa. Dannah had married Eltekeh’s father when very young and loved the life of a shepherd’s wife. But that didn’t keep her from wanting something better for her son. “Eltekeh, you could really be someone great in Israel.” He had her words memorized he had heard them so often. “All you need is more education. Anyone can be a judge if God calls him, but you have to be able to talk right.” His mother didn’t think that anyone in the city of Shiloh where they lived talked right. The only Israelites who talked correctly came from her home town, Tekoa.. The sheep had wandered close to the ravine again and Eltekeh picked up some more stones to warn them away. His father would be mad if he lost a lamb just because he hadn’t paid attention. “Get away from there you s’eep.