C: Clap your hands, all peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy (Psalm 47:1 ESV).
L: Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:22 KVJ).
ACL in Three Verses
“Return to Your First Love!”
How Will I Respond?
Searching for Precious Gems
Thesauri and Thesauruses… Among Other Treasures
The Greek word for ‘treasure’ here is actually thesaurus (θησαυρός). A familiar meaning of ‘thesaurus,’ and primary for many people, is that it is a book, or database, filled with words and their synonyms. Hana Videen used a different word with a similar meaning in her book The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English 1, which defines the rarely used Old English term wordhord as a “word-hoard… a hoard or store of words” (2022, 15-16), and she expands the meaning by calling it “…a metaphor for the collection of words and phrases a poet memorized and drew upon for their craft” (2022, 17).
Power Made Perfect in Weakness
I’ve been anxious lately. Work has piled up, finances have been stretched thin, conflicts have arisen, and I’ve had to rely a lot on others just to get through each day. I’ve been wondering, not if I’m doing enough, but if I AM enough to do what needs to be done to take care of my family, complete my work to the best of my ability, and to even keep friendships alive.