No rant this morning.
However I did come across the
word bitterness this morning in my devotional reading and since it seemed to
fill an empty space in me I decided to check out the word I have used and not
paid much attention to. Bitterness of heart sounds serious and intense and
describes what I could not name in me before. Here is what I discovered that
was interesting.
Old English – biter
German – bitter
Old Norse – bitr
Old Saxon - bitar
Gothic – baitrs
They are all very similar and
mean to bite. It can be used as noun-bitter - very dry ale having a strong
taste of hops, adjective – causing pain (bitter sorrow), verb- to make bitter,
and adverb-extreme as in bitter cold wind.
Synonyms include painful, poignant,
distressing, fierce, cruel, and ruthless. These all sound like symptoms. Truth
they are. I can vividly see each moment these wounds were inflicted. I long to
go back to each one and look my assailant in the eye at that moment right
before it is committed and forgive them. This vision brings back the moment
from the movie Elizabeth-The Golden Age when Mary Queen of Scots lifts her head
and forgives her executioner.
That moment, I long for that moment with each
incident.
I was looking for something clever
and entertaining to have Moola chat about on our facebook page this morning
that was Christmas interesting and I came across Christmas Carols and the story
behind them. Well that seemed a bit heavy for a stuffed cow to go on about so
you my hearties get to hear about them. Some of them may be familiar and some
are favorites of mine that may be obscure.
The first one will be O Little Town
of Bethlehem. St.Louis tune read more.
It was written by an Episcopal Priest named Phillips
Brooks from Philadelphia. In 1865 he
visited the city of Bethlehem in Palestine and that visit inspired him. In 1868
he wrote the lyrics and his church organist, Lewis
Redner, gave the lyrics music. Adapted into a hymn tune, it was first published
in the English Hymnal of 1906.
I am including the Elvis version
complete with warm crackling fireplace.
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