I love Yiddish

I love the way Yiddish swooshes around in my mouth. The relief I feel when the words pour out. How much better I feel when I yell, "Meshuga!" Why? I don't know. It doesn't even have to pertain to the situation. It flows off my tongue. The strength of the "m." The sureness of the "sh." The harshness of the "ga." Meshuga! It's crazy! Wait..it's meshuga!

Today, I'll share some Yiddish words from this week's e-mails from www.wordsmith.org.

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This week's theme: Words from Yiddish.

schlump (shlump) noun

A dull or slovenly person.

[From Yiddish shlumperdik (unkempt, sloppy).]

meshuga or meshugga (muh-SHOOG-uh) adjective

Crazy; stupid.

schnook (shnook) noun

A stupid, easily deceived person.

To Write for God is Golden

I have been under the assumption that I need to wait for "this" to happen to fulfill my destiny, or for "that" to happen. For "this" or "that" to reach fruition before I'll have the time to be what I want to become.

Not any more...

I must live TODAY for everything it's worth. And, so must you. If you have a dream, live it. If you want to go parachuting, do it. If you want to learn Italian, learn it. What's stopping you?

Time? Money? Approval?

You are not living anyone else's happiness but your own.

Today, I write for God. I live for God. I am His disciple running through life with my pen, paper and Bible in hand waiting for His word to spill forth onto the pages and transform me, and hopefully those who read it, into all that our Father wishes them to be.

He is faithful and true, and He promises that if you "delight yourself in the LORD; He will give you the desires of your heart." (Psalm 37:4)