How Profound is Being Profound?
How Profound is Being Profound?
By Don Twobears
Thoughts were coursing through my mind this morning. I came upon a Word that sort of confused me a bit. “Profound”! How strange is this? Being a writer, words are my stock and trade (So to speak). It sort of struck me, that most think a writer is supposed to have a “Profound Understanding of words.” As yet, that word “Profound” eludes me to a degree, why? I am not too sure.
Actually, it sort of surprised me a bit, of how I came about thinking about that word. My Cousin is dealing with Cancer and after 50 years in the Medical Field, that…shouldn’t bother me…really. Somehow or some way, it has. Could it be, because my Cousin and I are so close in age? Probably not. Or could it be that Cancer in general, is bothersome to me? It hasn’t been that way before. So why is my reaction to this…more Profound?
I decide to look in Webster’s Dictionary and this is what it said;
PROFOUND, a. L.profundus; pro and fundus, bottom.
1. Deep; descending or being far below the surface, or far below the adjacent places; as a gulf profound.
2. Intellectually deep; that enters deeply into subjects; not superficial or obvious to the mind; as a profound investigation; profound reasoning; a profound treatise.
3. Humble; very lowly; submissive; as a profound reverence for the Supreme Being.
4. Penetrating deeply into science or any branch of learning; as a profound scholar; a profound mathematician; a profound historian.
5. Deep in skill or contrivance.
The revolters are profound to make slaughter.
6. Having hidden qualities.
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vap’rous drop profound.
PROFOUND‘, n. The deep; the sea; the ocean; as the vast profound.
1. The abyss.
I travel this profound.
PROFOUND’, v.i. To dive; to penetrate.
Then I researched another angle, so to speak, Is there a way to measure “Profound?” There is none to be found, evidently , this word is very extensive indeed. If one is feeling something in a very Profound manner, how deep is that feeling? It was strange to me, to find, no reference to measuring the “Profoundness…of Profound.” We can measure so many things and yet being “Profound” is not one of them. This is when, the Word of God came to mind. How Profound is the Love of the Lord for all of us? How Profound are HIS Blessings to us? How Profound is our Sin, concerning the Lord? And why do I find my Cousin having Cancer to be so Profound at the moment?
Please understand, I spent 50 years in the Medical Field, My Mom died of Pancreatic Cancer, My Wife had a Lymphoma under her left eye. She endured 3 1/2 weeks of Daily Radio-therapy for it as well. And after all of this, I have no way to measure the Intensity of the word “Profound”. Trust me when I say, these instances in my Life, are indeed “Profound.”
Luke 22:44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
That my Friends…is some serious and Profound…Praying! How “Profound” was the Lord’s love for us, as HE hung on that Cross at Calvary? How Pround was HIS Beating before being Crucified? How Profound is our Sin…in the eyes of the Lord God? And then, it becomes even more Profound, when we realize that our Sin is what stands between you and I and the Lord! So Profound, that should we fail to Ask the Lord to forgive us of our Sin…it sends us to Hell for Eternity! Our Profound Choice! Indeed, it is a very Intense word, that has no measurement!
Matthew 27:45-46 “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Again, how Profound was the Lord when HE cried that?! How Profound was HIS Pain and suffering?
The Intensity of the word “Profound” is greater than we truly believe and to think, there is no way to measure it. I am very sure the Lord has a way to measure it, but we do not. We are able to measure the intensity of the Sun and it is about 93.28 Million miles from earth. The Moon is 238,533 miles from earth. Having stated that, the Intensity of the Sun’s effects on us here on earth, is measured in Degrees…am I correct? Therefore, the Sun is indeed Profound, in it’s intensity. We see that effect in Droughts across the globe, we feel it on our skin. So we have ways to measure things, according to it’s intensity, everything except for the Word Profound. This does indeed confound me, to a degree. Thus, how Profoundly sad is the Lord when we Sin? Evidently, that is some serious sadness and yet…we as humans, continue to commit Sin. How serious should our Sin be to you and I?!
Obviously, we should be more concerned by our Sin than we are…am I correct? I am Profoundly serious about this issue! What about you?!
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
All Passages of Scripture come from the King James version of the Bible.
All Emphasis is mine [email protected].