Day Twenty-one

ir·re·vers·i·ble

ˌi(r)rəˈvərsəb(ə)l/

not able to be undone or altered.

"she suffered irreversible damage to her health"

synonyms:

irreparable, beyond repair, irremediable, irrevocable, permanent;  unalterable, unchangeable, immutable, carved in stone;  peremptory "irreversible damage" SO, I had this question in one of my classes "Is the communication process irreversible? "         This is the way I look at it: If you said it, then you probably meant it at the time.   You may come to your senses and think ...well I didn't mean that. Or you could have been lying to rationalize your sin or your feelings at the time, or you could have said something really hateful and spiteful because you were angry.  Can you take any of this back?  I want to say yes, but the damage is done the answer is no. You may apologize, but the hurt you caused is still there. The person you hurt will have to learn to trust you again. So this being said we must be careful with our words and think through our thoughts before we say them.

Lets talk about vows made or promises rendered. Certainly this has a strong connotation of covenant... can that be irreversible? You have made that a life long commitment to someone with words...can one simply take that back? I would hope that in the case of covenant that this definition would be:  "not able to be undone or altered"  simply because it is a covenant and a promise. This is made in all seriousness after thorough contemplation, it is not something entered in to lightly.  But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.  (Matthew 5:37 BBE)