The Best Four-Letter Word!
I like words. Sometimes for entertainment I will read a dictionary! This is a practice I developed after I got my first dictionary in high school; I’d look at all the definitions besides interesting pictures!! Since then I have compiled a small dictionary collection; besides the one from high school with all the presidents pictured up to Richard Nixon , I have my Mom’s, Fred Stroop’s, and a Webster’s unabridged dictionary given to me by a dear friend who heard I liked dictionaries! I even had my Dad’s Japanese dictionary from WWII--I finally gave it away to someone who had lived there and could read it. So when it came to prayer I got tired of using the word “help” when praying about specific needs. I didn’t want to get bored, or tire God with my repetitive prayers by repeatedly using the word “ help.” So I undertook writing a list of words to use in its’ place. Here is the list I wrote down: “guide”; “direct”; “convict”; “enrich”; “strengthen”; “illuminate”; “...