Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Aren't words great!

"Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life is, but all these, our pleasure, treasure, and life, are reposed in Jesus Christ."

Thomas Adams


Reposed

- the state of being at rest
- peace, tranquility, calm
- to be peacefully calm and quiet
- to lie or rest on something
- to depend or rely on a person
- to rest, to refresh by rest
- to put confidence, trust in a person
- to put under the authority or at the disposal of a person
- to rest or the state of being at rest
- freedom from worry, peace of mind, calmness, tranquility
- to lay oneself down
- to lie while being supported by something
- to place trust in

1 comment:

Joel Brueseke said...

Mmmm yes! I'm now going to be carrying that word around with me ("reposed"), and it's meaning. "All these... reposed in Jesus Christ." Good stuff!