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I appreciate this thread very much. Words are powerful, living things. The concept of "luck" certainly detracts from faith.
There are a lot of words that are carelessly used today. So much so that they lose their meaning. Love is a great example of this. We use this word too freely. "I loved that movie!" "I love that song!" Being that God IS love, and it's not just a characteristic of His, I try to be very conscious of how I use this word, instead substituting the word "enjoy" instead.
"Awesome" is another one. It's used to describe everything from video games and jokes to God. People will say that "awesome" means "cool" or "amazing." "Awesome" is meant to describe something that is inspiring great amounts of fear, reverence and worship. Webster's Dictionary (from the 1800's) defined "awesome" as: "That which strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence; as the awful majesty of Jehovah." Today, in the urban dictionary, it's defined as "something Americans use to describe everything."
I'm not perfect in this either, but I am conscious of it and strive daily to not use these types of words carelessly.
I appreciate this thread very much. Words are powerful, living things. The concept of "luck" certainly detracts from faith.
There are a lot of words that are carelessly used today. So much so that they lose their meaning. Love is a great example of this. We use this word too freely. "I loved that movie!" "I love that song!" Being that God IS love, and it's not just a characteristic of His, I try to be very conscious of how I use this word, instead substituting the word "enjoy" instead.
"Awesome" is another one. It's used to describe everything from video games and jokes to God. People will say that "awesome" means "cool" or "amazing." "Awesome" is meant to describe something that is inspiring great amounts of fear, reverence and worship. Webster's Dictionary (from the 1800's) defined "awesome" as: "That which strikes with awe; that fills with profound reverence; as the awful majesty of Jehovah." Today, in the urban dictionary, it's defined as "something Americans use to describe everything."
I'm not perfect in this either, but I am conscious of it and strive daily to not use these types of words carelessly.
Oh yes ! I am really disturbed by the flippant use of the word "awesome".
IMHO saying this word or not saying this word is just another form of bondage that we can let ourselves become entangled with. Folks we are free!! If Im convicted of saying something by the Holy Spirit then of course Ill do my best not to use it..but Im sure wont become the language police over it.
Last edited by arguy1973; 06-10-2008 at 08:29 AM..
Is this one of those fun threads?..I hope not because I have a serious response here..My mil (may she rest in peace) was a very devoted , religious "church lady" who was also very quick to correct anyones words that she thought disrespectful to her beliefs such as; gosh, golly, holy moley, etc..Finally I could no longer take the hilarity of one word she used constantly believing with all her heart that it was a medical word I finally told her that the word p--s was considered a little gutterish to be using in the presence of children and otrher tender ears..She was so embarrassed..From then on she used the term "pass water", because she thought the word "urinate" sounded as bad as the one she had been using
IMHO saying this word or not saying this word is just another form of bondage that we can let ourselves become entangled with. Folks we are free!! If Im convicted of saying something by the Holy Spirit then of course Ill do my best not to use it..but Im sure not become the language police over it.
I so agree with what you are saying arguy1973!!!
God looks at the motive of the heart.... and what is the motive of those words?
Are we now into chastising our brother or sister in the Lord over words?
Yes, there is life and death in what we say through our words..... but it is the heart that is speaking, that comes in words out through the mouth!!!
IMHO saying this word or not saying this word is just another form of bondage that we can let ourselves become entangled with. Folks we are free!! If Im convicted of saying something by the Holy Spirit then of course Ill do my best not to use it..but Im sure not become the language police over it.
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