A week ago, I was having lunch with one
of my coworkers. She had taken her youngest granddaughter to the
pediatrician that day. She had questions about how to talk to her
older granddaughters about healthy choices. She was concerned because
she didn't want to instill any harmful ideas about weight in them at
such a young age.
The advice the pediatrician gave her
was ingenious. Tell them, she said, they are on a journey to becoming
strong. Not only did it address both girls' health goals, it could be
a theme through everything in life. I loved it so much, I adopted it
as my personal motto.
Tim has a thing for
Greek words. He study
the language as a part of his undergrad Biblical Studies degree. A
single Greek word can express an entire idea more beautifully than it
could even be translated to English, he tells me. Tim embraced the
Greek word of hupomone
(pronounced hoop-om-on-ay')—an
idea of perseverance, conisistency, and endurance—as a part of his
own health journey several years ago.
Loving that idea, I began to do my very first Greek word study to
look at variations of strong. And then I found it...
δύναμαι
Or, dynamai (pronounced dü'-nä-mī). The concept of dynamai goes
beyond just strength. It carries the idea of not just being strong,
but that “it is possible”. It also expresses the idea of being
capable due to “a state of mind”. And most important, it is also
connect of a strength that is given by God.
How beautiful is that? It sums up everything I want this journey to
be about. A physical strength. An emotional strength. And, a
spiritual strength. That is the path I find myself on today and in my
future.
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