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imo this means that there are deep emotions that go beyond words - happy and sad emotions - and it is hard for others to know exactly how or why we feel the way we doProverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.
Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.
imo this means that there are deep emotions that go beyond words - happy and sad emotions - and it is hard for others to know exactly how or why we feel the way we do
so this creates a little bit of aloneness - as much as we try to explain ourselves to others with our words - it's difficult to fully do this
i suppose if we had the ability to read minds and feel what another is feeling we could truly empathize with each other
so as christians the best we can do is be kind to others when they are sad and be happy for others when they are joyful - and be careful to not judge/criticise/presume/assume/correct someone when they are trying to express their deep emotions
so this creates a little bit of aloneness - as much as we try to explain ourselves to others with our words - it's difficult to fully do this
amen - it does sound wonderful - i never thought it through to the extent you expressed it but i like what you said - it makes senseWell said Brother.
I know. I try and it usually ends up in a 17 paragraph post, rambling on, Lol. I have heard that communication will be a lot different in heaven. Words are a very ineffective means of communication.
Especially here on this earth. From what I understand, in heaven communication is much better and no words are really needed. You have a question that you want to ask a brother or sister and I guess its sorta like telepathy or something. You focus on them and they know what you want to know, so they just release it to you and it is like you immediately fully experience what it is to it's completion. and you know it as good as, as if you had already experienced it and have the memory from it...something like that.
We are one body and are (will be, lol) unified completely in spirit with the Lord and each other.
I can't wait for that. That sounds so cool. Even on earth right now, words spoken to one another, account for about 6 or 7% of the communication between people. The rest is body language, tone, inflection and all that.
another awesome point - i never thought of that but you are right - we can barely understand each other properly - so how well do we really understand God's words properly - this is probably the reason we have so many scriptural disagreementsI have never heard about our communication with each other in heaven before Edward.
What you say our communication here on earth about words being 6 or 7% of communication shows just how easy it is to take the wrong view of the written word. That is something to tell us to think about and pray before we write. A but scary.
Yes, he picked up on something I think is helpful. I find it helpful sometimes to read several different translations to see if there are any differences. Sometimes a verse is just worded a little differently, in a way that ‘clicks’ better with me personally in one or the other of the popular translations. You used the NIV. I used the KJV all through my early teens. I used the NIV for many years when it first came out. I used the NASB after that and like them all.Yes I think KevinK explained the best.
I think the proverb (as with Jesus’s numerous teachings) is teaching us not to store up bitterness (resentment) in our hearts (which is human nature to do, at least it is for me).
Many versions say a "stranger" can't share it's joy. Which I think would change the meaning a bit.Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.
Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.