Hollow Willow
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. |
| 0:07.0 | Proverbs 11. 13. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:16.2 | Hollow Willow was written by Lisa M. Samra and read by Rochelle Troub. |
| 0:22.3 | Proverbs chapter 11, verses 11 through 13. |
| 0:27.1 | Through the blessing of the upright, a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it is |
| 0:33.9 | destroyed. |
| 0:35.6 | Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their |
| 0:42.0 | tongue. |
| 0:43.2 | A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. |
| 0:52.1 | Hollow Willow, written by Lisa M. Samra. |
| 0:57.3 | When explaining how valuable he found time with an older advisor who regularly listened to his concerns, |
| 1:04.9 | Thomash said, he is my hollow willow. |
| 1:08.6 | When I looked at him blankly, Thomomas explained that the phrase is a Slavic expression |
| 1:14.3 | signifying someone who keeps your secrets. In essence, the person is like a willow tree, |
| 1:21.6 | holding confidential information safely within its trunk. It's a treasure to have someone to whom we can confide our deepest fears and |
| 1:31.9 | longings. Perhaps speaking from his own experience, in a section of Proverbs highlighting the power of our |
| 1:39.4 | words, King Solomon commended the individual who displays discretion or can hold their tongue. |
| 1:47.7 | He also contrasted two people. |
| 1:50.4 | A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. |
| 1:57.5 | The comparison is a helpful reminder to carefully steward private conversations, |
| 2:03.6 | though we shouldn't remain silent if we're genuinely concerned for someone's safety. |
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