A stone in its own place is weighty
Local Oral Tradition
This proverb means that a person is honored most in his own community. We have greater influence and “weight” where we are known and we feel the loss of that reputation when we are outsiders somewhere.
But as my eight-year-old son pointed out, this proverb may be generally true, but it is not true of prophets, those honored everywhere but their hometown (Matthew 13:57).
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Entrusted to the Dirt 
You must be doing a great job raising your son! Well said little man.
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Thanks, Jeff! We think for that one the ice may have melted and the truth is sinking in…
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