The staff over at Malott's blog always leaves great little quotes...so I'm borrowing the idea. I read this in a Matthew Henry commentary during my Psalm 119 study tonight:
"Those that love the world have great vexation, for it does not answer what they expect; those that love God's Word have great peace, for it outdoes what they expect."
Not only do I love the quote...but the word "vexation" is dreadfully underused in general conversation, I think.
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Great quote. I love those archaic (and British) words that have been dumbed-down from our vocabulary.
Roundaboutation.
The family being ruined (in a reputational, not financial, way), since nothing can ruin a family these days.
And my favorite: "I cannot like it!" Not only do I not like it, it's not possible for me to like it.
Plus the capitalization of things for emphasis: "She has a Great Secret."
Ah, language is a beautiful thing, if only we would use it more!
Skyepuppy - We have a student here from another country - and I have never met anyone with a more beautiful command of the English language. He puts me to SHAME! I love receiving emails from him because even in everyday chatter, he uses the best words.
I shouldn't admit this, but once I had to proofread something he wrote and I actually had to look up two words because I had no idea what they meant. I shouldn't have doubted him. He used them absolutely correctly.
Amen to your comment - why don't we use it more??
We don't use language more because... Don't get me started on education and the entertainment industry!
I won't...I don't want to ruin a restful holiday for you.
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