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NO:2662 holy reckoning

Dear all,

I am not good at sailing vocabulary. How can you interpret the sentence below:

"It is a holy reckoning you make of yourself."

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This one, canim Engin, seems

This one, canim Engin, seems to be a really tough one. At first glance, I thought it wasn't nautical vocabulary at all -- until I found this in "The New Shorter Oxford Dictionary of the English Language" under reckoning: The estimate of a ship's position calculated from the log etc.

I'm not altogether sure though whether the sense of "locating" is intended here. We may have to rely on Gloria again.

It is hard to define

It is hard to define reckoning. It's easier to use the verb -- reckon.

This word isn't used much any more. It kinda means count. For instance, I reckon there will be new translators coming soon. I reckon I have time today to do everything I need to do. I reckoned that Engin would have a question, and that Jochen would respond.

"On whatever land you arrive, it is holy land, beloveds. This life of yours is a holy thing. It is not material nor immaterial. It is holy. It is a holy reckoning you make of yourself."

I think God is saying that we can reckon that our lives are holy. A life is a holy accounting. We can guess that our lives are holy. We can appraise our lives as holy. Let's look at our lives as holy. Let's reckon that our lives are more than we see in the material world.

Does that help?

I don't think reckoning is really a sailing word. It just happened that this Heavenletter had a lot to do with sailing.

Canim Gloria, thank you very

Canim Gloria,

thank you very much. You are right, "reckon" has a very simple meaning and it is clear.
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looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove

Engin

Sehr Lieber Jochen

Sehr Lieber Jochen canim,

danke sehr...

Thank you very much, this sailing thing and nautical vocabulary mxed up my mind. :p

Thank you very much. :thumbup:

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Engin