The Weight of Words

The interesting thing about language is that one can take the time to explain a subject or a question in two different ways. One could use a vast number of words to explain the depth of a subject or one could use just a few words with heavy weight. I was reminded of this principle in a conversation I had recently. The nature of the conversation was about the person not being able to met with me due to illness. Now in most instances this would not be a big deal, but in this particular relationship I am only able to see this person roughly twice a year. The message I received was apologetic in nature, yet it also contained worry. The worry is that I would be extremely upset and mad at her. Now if you know me I don't get upset very easily. So i stated to respond as only i can with vast fluffy words. I was no more than half way through, when I received another message.....so i scraped that one to see what is was about. It happened to be from the same person. I was a plead for urgency in my response. So I condensed the message to just to let her know everything was ok. No fluffy words, No grand explanation, just to the point....the response was not exactly what I was expecting(in the best way possible). My assurance and declaration that everything was fine, happened to be  just what she needed to hear.
        My reason for sharing that story is to make the point, that sometimes in life and in scripture words carry so much weight. A literary example would be the shortest recognized poem. It consist of only one letter. The lowercase letter "i". Yet the thing that sets this letter apart is that the dot is not a dot, but the writers own finger print. Now how much weight does that carry? How is that for a proper pronoun?....as amazing as this example is, I believe that scripture carries a phase that carries much more weight. I've heard it hundreds of times and often forget to stop in awe and wonder. John 3:16 starts out "For God so loved the World....." These words need very little explanation, so my challenge to you is to STOP, PONDER, LISTEN, BELIEVE....what else does this phrase call us to do? I still don't understand it with a  few words or all the words on this earth, but it brings great Joy to my life to know that he does.