Nouns & Verbs

Consider the use of the word trust in the following verse, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD..."  Jeremiah 17:7.  The action of trusting is showered with words like reliability, ability, strength, confidence, commitment, hope, and faith.   With the identity of trust, you find words like acceptance, responsible, expectation, benefit, and management.  There's such power and security surrounding this word, whether used with the action of a verb or the identity of a noun.  And then, as though all that was not enough, the man is blessed, too.  What a sweet verse of peace and rest on which to meditate as I go to bed.