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I have to pay the rent....   We have to pay the bills...   We have to pay attention..   We pay the piper...   Nothing in life is guarunteed but death and taxes...   Enjoy it now, Pay later...   Payments....   Payment plans....   paid off...   pay up, pay down, pay out, pay back, pay as you go, pay for..       Word History: Given the unpeaceful feelings one often has in paying bills or income taxes, it is difficult to believe that the word pay ultimately derives from the Latin word pāx, "peace." However, it is not the peace of the one who pays that is involved in this development of meaning. From pāx, meaning "peace" and also "a settlement of hostilities," was derived the word pācāre, "to impose a settlement on peoples or territories." In Late Latin pācāre was extended in sense to mean "to appease." The Old French word paiier that developed from Latin pācāre came to have the specific application "to pacify or satisfy a creditor," a sense that came into Middle English along with the word paien (first recorded around the beginning of the 13th century), the ancestor of our word pay.   One word so many meanings and forms, and idioms.  We ourselves find our own translation for our own use of words, each day I will see that change as our world changes.   I will use the words I have for better than a pacifier, I hope that we know, as Christ said--   God's Word sets us free; it does not bind us to traditions and meaningless rhetoric; it liberates us into joy and contentment; it brings out our best and gives us purpose and real, authentic meaning. The application of this is in how we control what we say and do, as we are called to do. Our words reflect what is in our heart as do our actions. Serving the needy is our character and maturity in action.   Vs. 26-27: These are the principle verses for us as sincere, authentic Christians who are responsible to do something with our Christian life. We are not called to just be pretty; rather, we are called to get dirty! This is implied in all that we do and believe (Prov. 19:17).   ·        Does not bridle his tongue. God calls us to control our words (Psalm 141:3; Prov. 10:19; 16:24; Matt. 5:9; 12:34; Eph. 4:29)! We are not to divorce our tongue from our mind and heart!               teach with your payment in the good words to others..                   Thank You From Panda Publishing http://artislifeupgraded.blogspot.com/