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Category: Arts & Entertainment / Topics: Faith • History • Movies
Lessons from a Stammering Monarch
Posted: February 27, 2011
Takeaways from "The King's Speech"…
A star-studded portrayal
of a stuttering king
should land Colin Firth
that gold first-place thing.
King George VI was slow of speech.
He struggled with his words.
But thanks to one played by Geoff Rush
he soon was self-assured.
The King's Speech is a brilliant film
deserving Oscar's nod.
But more than that it celebrates
a principle from God.
We are not meant to live alone.
Companionship's God's gift.
There's nothing like a friend's advice
to give a needed lift.
We fail to reach all we can be
when we go it alone.
We stammer, flustered prone to fail
by trying on our own.
We only can annunciate
and speak with eloquence
when we let others draw us out
with words they never mince.
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