'bide a spell

Definition of abide

abode play \-ˈbōd\ or abided; abiding

transitive verb

1 a : to bear patiently : tolerate

• cannot abide such bigots

b : to endure without yielding : withstand

• abide the onrush of the enemy

2 : to wait for : await

• I will abide the coming of my lord.
• —Alfred Tennyson

3 : to accept without objection

• will abide your decision

intransitive verb

1 : to remain stable or fixed in a state

• a love that abode with him all his days

2 : to continue in a place : sojourn

• will abide in the house of the Lord
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• Tomorrow is 'Abide' Sunday. Both the reading from the letter of John and the reading from the Gospel of John mention the word 'abide' over and again.
•  I copied the definition above from MirriamWebster's Dictionary and for some reason can't figure out how to paragraph since I started writing this. Coping things to my blog sometimes screw up the way it usually works!
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• Paragraphed! Yea!
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• I love the word 'abide'. Where I grew up people sat on their front porches and if you walked by they might just invite you to 'come up and 'bide a spell'. "Bide-ing" didn't involve any effort. Conversation was optional. You just sat on their porch until you needed to go--most often in a rocking chair.
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• I think of abiding with God just like that, just being present with no expectations. Maybe that's why I love Centering Prayer: just 'being' with God.
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• One problem with working with three churches is that I don't remember where I said things. I remember I said them, just not where.
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• I know I went off on an 'abide' rant not that long ago. I just hope it wasn't at Emmanuel, Killingworth, where I am tomorrow.
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