And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11
Yesterday it wasn't that I was put on trial per se, but it definitely felt like it. A writing on my hand sparked a discussion that carried out throughout the day about what I believed as a Christian. The guy I was talking with labels himself as a slightly agnostic atheist who has a very post-modern worldview. He asked me a ton of questions, from creationism to how can a loving God send people to hell to what about those who have never heard to do you have a duty as a Christian to try and convert everybody who comes across your path? Most of these were hand grenades that he was tossing to see how well I could juggle them. And most of them I didn't have an answer immediately. But as I meditated while mowing the next section and claiming this promise, an answer kept on coming. Also in the back of my mind was Colossians 4:6 which tells us that our speech is to be gracious and seasoned as with salt. So sometimes I would have the answer, but it wasn't going to be coming across as gracious, but the Holy Spirit helped me in that aspect as well. Praise God that He doesn't leave us when we need Him and that He gives us the words to speak!
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