Matthew makes me think what the word "character" means. Not the dictionary meaning, but how that word is perceived. In theatre, character is what part you are playing. In colloquial speech where we might say cynically, "She is-a-character!", which implies eccentricities. Eccentricities imply complexities. You have to dive deep to understand character.
Of course, you're right. However, my response was intended to mimic that sentence from Matthew 5:3-5: "suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." There is a convergence of experiences that create spiritual eccentricities. My convergence began more than 30 years ago with RRohr and if I were to show people those gifts, I would be viewed as eccentric. I may have been transformed into a hopeful person by those very eccentricities.
Matthew makes me think what the word "character" means. Not the dictionary meaning, but how that word is perceived. In theatre, character is what part you are playing. In colloquial speech where we might say cynically, "She is-a-character!", which implies eccentricities. Eccentricities imply complexities. You have to dive deep to understand character.
One of the many ways that we simplify English down so much that it loses something central to the meaning...
Of course, you're right. However, my response was intended to mimic that sentence from Matthew 5:3-5: "suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." There is a convergence of experiences that create spiritual eccentricities. My convergence began more than 30 years ago with RRohr and if I were to show people those gifts, I would be viewed as eccentric. I may have been transformed into a hopeful person by those very eccentricities.