Thursday, August 19, 2010

Redeemed



I just clicked back on the blog and saw the great big red Revoked of the previous post.....

It hit me that there is something so more precious than the harshness of that word...

Redeemed....

re·deem   /rɪˈdim/ Show Spelled[ri-deem] Show IPA
–verb (used with object)
1. to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.
2. to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.
3. to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch.
4. to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods.
5. to convert (paper money) into specie.
6. to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.).
7. to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness.
8. to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom.
9. Theology . to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner.

The dictionary says more than I can even comment on....

Therefore....

You can have the big red Revoked....

I just want to be redeemed!!!

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