Nice.
What a terrible word. It means everything without really meaning anything. Nice is insipid, devoid of content or contribution, weak, a waste of space.
We need glorious, feisty, delicious, devouring, passionate, strong adjectives that delight the mind and heart, not lukewarm, irrelevant, nice.
I am sometimes described as nice...
... and it infuriates me beyond reason.
I am a quiet, gentle sort, with moments of fire and passion when required, but nice I am not. I am not a doormat. I am not an irrelevance. I will not be ignored. I will be heard.
I don't reckon Jesus was nice either. He was a man full of feelings, strength, devotion, duty, wisdom, a man after God's own heart, a man after my own heart. He was no doormat. He would not be silenced.
So don't call me nice.
Don't call Him nice either.
We ain't so.
17 comments:
I hear ya. Will act on orders received! :p
Darn right! :)
Funny, people don't really call me nice. Outspoken, charismatic, determined...nope, no nice in there. (But I am likeable. Is that the same as being nice?)
I never really thought of Jesus as 'nice'. I like to picture him more of the 'turning over tables', tough love kind of guy.
I've also been called NICE often. I prefer KIND.
I am Kind.
Jesus was/is KIND.
We are called to be KIND. Not nice.
(Nice makes me picture a bobbing head lady from the 50s who had no opinions or thoughts of her own, just nodded along in compliance NO MATTER WHAT! Yuck. EVen my husband wouldn't want that from me. Well, maybe a BIT more of that from me, but he likes my fiestiness too.)
Can I call the doormat in the picture nice? Cuz it is. I want one. ;)
I can tell from way over here that you're not a doormat. And I don't think you should change a thing.
I love the doormat - it rocks!
I'm not sure I've ever been called 'nice' - lots of other words, yes, but nice is unlikely.
Yesterday, someone asked me on a scale, where one side is 'consistent' and the other side is 'passionate', where I would put myself. I looked at him dumbfounded and said, "but clearly, I'm consistently passionate!"
Have a nice day! :)
Daisy
Jesus was a dick
you are nice though ;)
Matthew!
As I get older I prefer 'kind' and 'lovely'... even 'sweet'... but, you're right, 'nice' has really lost its savour (if it ever had any). On the other hand, I don't mind being thought of, and referred to, as 'nice' by my grandkids (i.e.,"I have a nice granny").
Nice post.
I am with ya bro! I am sure I have been called nice..mostly before folks get to know me!
I have been likened to a bull in a china closet mostly...
O...kaaay! :)
*note to self, do not call Mr Mulled Vine "nice" or I shall end up a character in his new blog*
Nice blog.
*GIGGLE*
We had seen Matt and Lucy before Christmas but they came into our church soup kitchen today in a poor way. Before long Matt was sobbing his heart out and Lucy joined in. He has serious mental health problems and they are both addicts, not only to heroin but also to the medication that is supposed to help them. They are tens of thousands in debt, have a flat which leaks water, a faulty electicity meter which over charges and they have been told that they will be evicted if they cannot find £1000 for a deposit. Every agency they turn to for help looks at them as if they are scum. They have nothing going for them.
As so often with those who come to our soup kitchen we felt as if we could do very little. A hot meal and drink, some food to take away, making time for a chat. They left with small smiles on their faces, we were left with tears on ours. Their parting words - "Thank you. You have been so nice".
I say this with all sincerity -in the world of Nasty, NEVER underestimate being nice.
Its the word I object to, not the sentiment. Your story is very touching.
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