Words and their meaning…

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.

I love digging into words and pulling apart sentences with definitions to get at a deeper meaning.  I set about to start rereading and studying one of my favorite books by revolutionary feminist author, Mary Baker Eddy – Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.  But because of my love of words, etymology and looking for the deeper meaning, I literally have not gotten past the first sentence of the Preface… “To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.”  (It’s going to be a long read if I do this with every sentence!!!)… This is an amazingly packed sentence, and really draws you into the book… and my findings were helpful to my study, so I thought I’d share.

I will also note that I almost didn’t look up the word “big”… because of course I know what it means, as I generally know what all these words mean… but that is what I love, is finding all the variety of ways to define a word and applying them to the other words in the sentence to see all the implications, applications and meanings that are possible…

Here are the words I’m working with …

• LEAN –
  • to rest against or on
  • to rely or depend on/upon
• SUSTAINING –
  • to support, hold or bear up
  • to keep, to keep up or keep going
  • to supply with food, drink and other necessities of life
  • to provide for
  • to support or uphold (as valid, just or correct)
  • to confirm or corroborate
• INFINITE –
  • immeasurably, indefinitely, or exceedingly great
  • unlimited, unbounded, boundless, endless
• TODAY –
  • this present day
  • this present time, age or era
• BIG –
  • large as in height, width, amount
  • of major concern, importance, gravity
  • outstanding for a specified quality
  • important, as in influence, standing or wealth
  • grown up, mature
  • magnanimous, generous, kindly
  • filled, brimming
  • having more than average flavor, body
  • loud, orotund (characterized by strength, fullness, richness and clearness)
  • with great success
• BLESSINGS –
  • the acts or words of a person who blesses
  • a special favor, mercy or benefit
  • a favor or gift bestowed by God
  • praise, devotion, worship
  • approval or good wishes

So we could say…

To those who are willing to rest upon, rely and depend upon the boundless, unlimited, endless supply, support and provision of all that is needed, all that validates and confirms our who we are as our true, perfect selves… they will find that this present moment, this time and age, this day… is filled, brimming with large amounts of mercy, goodness, approval, kindly and generously bestowed…

What a great thought …  what are you leaning on today?