Obsequious

Obsequious.

I love this word.  I love to say it. Obsequious.

But I don't like what it means.  Shouldn't such a lovely word as obsequious mean something grander than "to behave in an ingratiating or servile manner"?

Obsequious should mean something like mysterious.  His obsequious behavior intrigued me.

How does one go about changing the meaning of a word?  How many people know what obsequious means, anyway?

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You Never Forget Your First Doctor

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The 11th Doctor

By the way, who was it who thought, "Hey, this screw driver needs to be more sonic"?


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I Think Inside the Box

Advent Day 21

I like the analogy that God is like mountains on a foggy day.  You can't see him, you can't touch him, but you know he is there.  Then when the fog lifts and you make the journey up to the mountain side, you see God face to face in a more clear and real way than ever before.

Even when we can't see God or feel God, when chaos, tragedy, or trivial worries distract us from God, any time, any day, any rhyme or any reason, God is always there surrounding us with hope, peace and joy.

Tomorrow is the last week of Advent, the time to focus on the love of God, love so clearly expressed by the baby in the manger.

Advent Day 20

The Power of the Spoken Word.  Here are what some of the scriptures have to say.

Speaking out loud leads to salvation.
Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation. Romans 10:9-10

God spoke the world into existence.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4

Speak scriptures out loud.
Never stop speaking about this Instruction scroll. Recite it day and night so you can carefully obey everything written in it. Then you will accomplish your objectives and you will succeed. Joshua 1:8
There is power in the spoken word.
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words. Proverbs 18:21

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It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, 
we also believe and therefore speak... 2 Corinthians 4:13

With just a little bit of faith you can speak things into action.
Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, “Why couldn’t we throw the demon out?” “Because you have little faith,” he said. “I assure you that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Go from here to there,’ and it will go. There will be nothing that you can’t do.”   MATTHEW 17:19-20

Footnotes:
Matthew 17:20 17:21 is omitted in most critical editions of the Gk New Testament
This kind doesn’t come out except through prayer and fasting.