I've just arrived home from New Wine having visited a few in our church family who decided the week one dates were better and visited a couple of the talks. It has been a great day, but today I finally broke.... Please forgive this minor diversion from a thoughtful reflection for me to have a tiny rant.
I love language and I love how it develops. I also love how when in prayer we often try to describe an attribute of God, perhaps his love for us - but there is a word which has come into greater parlance over the last few years. That word is incredible.
The word takes it's origin from two latin words, in - meaning not and credibilis - meaning credible - literally not credible.
God is many things, He is Almighty, He is Powerful, He is Patient, He is Generous.
But He is not incredible.
God is credible - his word is credible. To describe him as incredible devalues who He is, what He did for us.
Whilst it might seem a small thing, unworthy of rant, I truly believe our words have power. We need to use them wisely.
That's it, I said it was short!
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