tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736253552758767134.post6863758058544829258..comments2017-12-12T00:59:40.879-05:00Comments on Friends of the Daingerfield Public Library: Book ReviewFriends of the Daingerfield Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13174740848071373377noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736253552758767134.post-50205999919732668872010-04-09T14:26:20.406-04:002010-04-09T14:26:20.406-04:00No. The author wrote 'gobsmacked.' My Eng...No. The author wrote 'gobsmacked.' My English pen pal since 1968 write 'gobsmacked' in many of her letters. <br /><br />Just out of curiosity, I did a search for 'godsmacked.' I found three totally different definitions...one rather vulgar. One the name of a Christian rock band. From one end of the spectrum to the other.<br /><br />I stand with the author beside the term "gobsmacked."Friends of the Daingerfield Public Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13174740848071373377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736253552758767134.post-58880420752965811452010-04-01T11:58:14.973-04:002010-04-01T11:58:14.973-04:00Blog surfing...God-smacked!
The British have a te...Blog surfing...God-smacked! <br />The British have a term that I adopted from when I lived there for a year but have had little opportunity to use since. I picked it up because I loved the expressiveness of it. The word was "gob-smacked" and it was used to describe when your "gob" or mouth would drop open in response so some shocking event, leaving you speechless. I have adapted that word for my title because I was doing some blog surfing tonight and my jaw dropped in amazement (leaving me God-smacked) as I saw God speaking a very similar lesson through the very same activity...I've never met John McAllistar, but he comes highly recommended by friends and tonight as I was reading his blog it just amazed me that during the same week, within days in fact, God taught a very similar lesson through the activity of toboganning with children (see previous blog "Look at me") and John's blog of Jan28 at: <br /><br />http://www.justiceandmercy.blogspot.com/ <br /><br />Hmm...go figure. God really does work in mysterious waysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736253552758767134.post-48181635962559394382010-04-01T11:45:02.617-04:002010-04-01T11:45:02.617-04:00I enjoy your reviews but, just one correction the ...I enjoy your reviews but, just one correction the British slang is not GOBsmacked it is Godsmacked..As to wake one up ... get their attention..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com