word (wûrd) noun
Abbr. wd.
1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
2. Something said; an utterance, a remark, or a comment: May I say a word about that?
3. Computer Science. A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable memory.
4. words Discourse or talk; speech: Actions speak louder than words.
5. words Music. The text of a vocal composition; lyrics.
6. An assurance or a promise; sworn intention: She has kept her word.
7. a. A command or direction; an order: gave the word to retreat. b. A verbal signal; a password or watchword.
8. a. News: Any word on your promotion? See synonyms at news. b. Rumor: Word has it they're divorcing.
9. words Hostile or angry remarks made back and forth.
10. Word a. See Logos. b. The Scriptures; the Bible.
verb, transitive
word·ed, word·ing, words
To express in
words: worded the petition carefully.
— idiom.
at a word
In immediate
response.
good word
1. A favorable comment: She put in a good word for me.
2. Favorable news.
To be unable to describe or talk about.
In short; in summary: In a word, the situation is serious. in so many words
“In the beginning there was the Word, and the word was with God, and the Word was God.” That is from John 1:1and it was the Gospel for Christmas day in our Episcopal Calendar. The reason this stuck me so was the Vicar’s sermon on this verse. If I didn’t know any better I would sat that she had been reading my blog, but I know better. Her sermon was inspiring.
Imagine something if you will: a force so powerful that it spoke the universe into existence. It was the beginning of time and space as we understand them. So powerful that everything that we know or will ever know was created in less time than it takes to think a single thought. Some say it took billions of years for this to occur and that may be true, however; if you take a larger view you know that everything there is now came from what was then.
I ask you to imagine because I think God gave us and imagination so that we could be closer to God and God’s creation. That, however; is my belief you may have a different one and that’s beautiful. If we don’t allow out minds to wander into the realm of the mystical from time to time I believe we will miss big parts of the puzzle that has been left for us to solve. Right now at this moment science can’t explain all that we would like it to, but with a little imagination, and inspiration coupled with a theory leading to a hypothesis and maybe a proof that can change. Science is beautiful, but without faith it is nothing.
As Humans we have faith in out abilities to get things done; to figure them out and find solutions to all out problems. As we are now seeing with our own eyes the solutions are not always easy, even when our very existence on the planet depends on them; they require great sacrifices and only the future knows if we will make them.
I know I’m not telling you anything new or profound, but sometimes it’s good to take a look at the way our ancestors saw the world. I find that when I do I come understand just how much they knew about the universe and where we come from. The writing is mystical, but the science is inescapable: there was nothing and then there was something (that’s a simple observation, part of the scientific method). How did it happen? Well First there was the Word. Peace and Long Life.
Love Worf
