"The Word of the Lord", said the preacher.
"Thanks be to God" reverberated the church-goers.
One believes God is pansophic, and therefore makes commitments that He always keeps.
For the rest of us mere mortals, commitments (even when entered with caution) are hairy areas. Circumstances change. People's priorities change. Over the years (and mine are slight) you see enough loss to understand the preference of others for signed documents.
Word comes from Old Norse "orth", almost like "oath". So some part of you continues to live in a world where word is Word".
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