but theres a wildness in our hearts that weve forgotten in our march hands like houses

My Hebrew professor in seminary encouraged us to use it for our translations from Hebrew and Greek to lend specificity and deepen our meaning. We even have the emphatic (emphasis added) ALL Y’ALL for clarifying we mean absolutely everyone in a group and not just some or most. While other regions of the US have terms like “you guys” and “youz guyz” and so forth, y’all is uniquely gender neutral and beautifully useful. One of my favorite words as a southerner is “y’all” because it conveys a second person plural distinguishing you singular and you plural. Even within languages, dialects can lend flavor or clarification. Pastor Gray reminded us this week that Greek carries four words for love, while we need adjectives to do the same job. Sometimes, they can be made clearer, and other times something is lost.

And many times, those original observations must be translated again. Observing and explaining requires translation from what is observed to what can be said. It can be used both poetically and descriptively to convey important ideas and information. And behold, I am with y’all always, to the end of the age.

But theres a wildness in our hearts that weve forgotten in our march hands like houses