He knew when to be compassionate rather than condemning, when to be relaxed rather than rigid, and when to excuse the offense rather than to exact the toll.īeing a person of velvet steel is not easy. When people stood before the judge’s bench, Jesus knew when to bang the gavel and when to put it down. Every time you touch it, pray this prayer: “God, give me Jesus’ discretion. As a young man he taught himself mathematics so he could work as a county surveyor, one of the many. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you go, and from now on sin no more." (John 8:4-11 ESV)Carry something soft in your pocket today. Video of An overview of the life of Abraham Lincoln. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her." And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. I believe that God expects every man to be a man of velvet steel. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. Abraham Lincoln was once called the man of velvet steel because he had principles that made him like steel in his resolve to do the right thing, but he had a compassionate and considerate heart that made him as velvet, so he was called the man of velvet steel.
So what do you say?" This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Nothing deterred the president during the American. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Lincoln demonstrated then and now how a person can possess both a will of iron and a heart of tenderness. When I open the pages of Scripture I see another person of velvet steel-Jesus! They said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Carl Sandburg, a Lincoln biographer, described the President as a man of “velvet steel.” What a great appellation and fitting explanation as to why Lincoln’s sterling reputation has not tarnished over the years. There were times to “put up the dukes,” and then there were times to relax the fists and extend a hand of friendship. Lincoln was a man of resolve, but he was also a man of common sense.
I admire Abraham Lincoln and appreciate his words! Our sixteenth President, who penned the Gettysburg Address, also gave us such memorable lines as:
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