Promise – Words Sent Forward

Day 5

Hebrews 11:11–12

‘And by faith even Sarah… was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.’

Taken at Easter from Fowey, looking across to Polruan, this image catches a brief rainbow over the harbour - a reminder of words sent forward, yet to be fulfilled. In Scripture, a promise is both a pledge and a message: something spoken that travels ahead of its completion. From the Greek ‘ἐπαγγελία’, meaning ‘announcement’ or ‘proclamation’, to the Latin ‘promissio’, ‘a word sent forth’, the meaning holds steady. Whether a rainbow or a covenant, a promise remains what it has always been — a word reaching toward its fulfilment.

Each word card set begins with an image that captures the theme of the word. The following cards trace its story: a main word card (or two, if extended), a junior version with a paler border, an etymological breakdown showing how the word travelled through time, and a list of sources. Some sets also include cards for related words or translations across other languages. Together they show where each word came from, how it changed, and what it still carries with it.