"These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterward."
Language is wholly inadequate to describe my direct experiences in love, peace, joy – much less what I feel when I’m “in the spirit” worshipping the Lord. Likewise, in reading the Scriptures – the eyes read the words, but the Spirit reads the Word. There is no comparison and no way to explain it verbally!
On a more earthly note, when I pick up a book on theoretical physics – the words, formulae and diagrams fade into motions of images as I try to grasp the concept being explored. I don’t know how the material could be understood otherwise.
On a more earthly note, when I pick up a book on theoretical physics ? the words, formulae and diagrams fade into motions of images as I try to grasp the concept being explored. I don?t know how the material could be understood otherwise.
Thanks for the elegance of your examples, A-G. Supper beckons, but it's funny why this would be difficult to accede to!
This Willard thread may end quick or go on for some time, but it is a big, big challenge to some (really to us all!) to consider that even the essential nature of our own thoughts may well be beyond our comprehension -- to say nothing about its being expressible!