I was listening to my BratPack at Christmas CD in the car yesterday ( cos I'm cool and old school like that :) ) and for the gazillionth time was singing along to Hark the Herald when I suddenly felt that imperceptible nudge in my spirit at this phrase. I suddenly wondered what the word ' reconciled' means. This is quite often how God grabs my attention. He will underline a word and ask me what it means. And despite the fact that I have an excellent education and a better than average grasp of vocabulary and grammar, time after time I am amazed at how little I know - especially about words which I use all the time and am certain I know all about.
So here is what the dictionary says about the word ' reconcile'
Restore friendly relations between.‘the king and the archbishop were publicly reconciled’‘she wanted to be reconciled with her father’- 1 Settle (a quarrel)‘advice on how to reconcile the conflict’
- 2 Make or show to be compatible.
- ‘the agreement had to be reconciled with the city's new international relations policy’
- 3reconcile someone to
- Make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing)‘he was reconciled to leaving’
- 1 Settle (a quarrel)
- 2Make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed.‘it is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts’
- I love that God, in Jesus, has restored relationships, settled the quarrel, made us compatible and acceptable and balanced our account with him .
- Next time you hear Hark the Herald you will appreciate that line just a little bit more
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