The Poverty of Language

The map is not the territory. Words are a poor excuse for reality. Language is finite and arbitrary and yet the fact that I am communicating at all is a mystery. Each word means something a little different to me and each of you my faithful readers. You probably have a good idea what’s in my head if I talk about our black cats or chocolate cake, but this blog is about sin and sanctification. Those words are difficult to grasp between two people even under the best of conditions. The internet isn’t the best of conditions. You and I probably don’t agree what constitutes sin if you believe in sin at all. My quest for sanctification is going strong after the years I have been blogging and the decades I have worried about worthiness. Even worth is subjective and perhaps it is especially subjective. I long for an impartial judge, but that is not me nor you, friend.

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