A Little Bit Much      
               
     We remember post-game interviews by a college football coach. 

   If his team scored big, the offense had "a little bit of an advantage." If the opponent failed to score, his defense showed "a little bit of progress." 
  
   In time, we stopped watching. Coach was never going to say anything that opponents or anyone could use against him, nor would viewers get any insights. It's called "coach speak." 

   Smart man. He is now a university president. Not professor; president! 

   Others, including the Rays' baseball manager, have picked up the "little bit" habit: 

"Unfortunately, Arch is going to be sidetracked a little bit. 

So we're going to take a little bit more conservative approach." 

   What if Jefferson wrote in 1776, "We suggest that all men are created a little bit equal?" Or, if Key wrote, "...in the land of the little bit free and the little bit brave?" 

   Suppose in 1945 America proposed that the Japanese surrender "a little bit unconditionally?" Or, Truman authorized nasty bombs that convinced the enemy to reconsider, "a little bit?"

   Imagine Reagan telling Gorbachev, "It would be a little bit nice of you to remove a little bit of this wall." 

   Thank goodness for "Trump speak," though it is used against him.  
 

How about "God speak." 

   This is what the Lord Almighty says:
     I am the Lord.
       I tell you the truth.
         Follow me.
           Everything under heaven belongs to me.
             You shall not murder.
               Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.
                 Love the Lord your God.
                   I am the way, the truth and the life.
                     I am the light of the world.
                       Behold, I am coming soon.

   Just a little bit from his Word.

      Jimmy