Friday, March 19, 2010

Can I Have The Definition, Please?

I am a huge fan of words. I love them. I like to use words in conversation that people don't really use all the time. I enjoy saying words that sound cool rolling off my tounge. I love adding words to a sentence that make it more poetic than just the Plain Jane get the point across statement. But several months ago I started to stop myself when I would use certian words and ask myself...what does that really mean? I'm not talking about a foriegn word or some word that is so obscure that it might as well be foriegn that people will add to thier conversation to show off an extensive vocabulary, but rather simple mundain words that one uses all the time. Words like "beauty"... what does beauty really mean? Define it. I have a really hard time with it, and maybe that is just me. So I'll sit there and just meditate on that word; thinking about all the possible definitions , trying to sift it down to it's core meaning. Honestly it's been the worst in praise and worship. The other day we kept repeating the lines "King of Glory, have Your glory", and I just got to thinking.... what is Glory really? Define it. (suprise, suprise I couldn't) I mean, I know the word glory. I know that it's a noun, I know how to spell it, and I know how to use it in a sentence correctly.... but to define....I can't. Even after I consulted my good friend Webster I was still unsatisfied that I truely knew what glory meant. So I just sit and meditate on that word. The same has happened with love, fear, beauty, and the list goes on. I don't want to let my nerd show here, but honestly words are sooooo deep. They are more than just letters, they are a meaning, they are a something. I don't know...it just makes me love words all the more.

No comments: