Baltimore MD. - Local teenager Bruce Quinteen had a real embarrassing moment last Wednesday when his girlfriend's older brother finally inquired what his tattoo means.
"Dude! Thank you so much for asking," Quinteen reportedly replied, peering down at his forearm. "It's Hebrew for . . . uh . . . It's the Hebrew word for . . . "
"I could have sliced the awkwardness with a two-edged sword," girlfriend Samantha Bandock recounted to reporters. "A Divine appointment gone horribly wrong, that's for sure."
In a comment to the media last Thursday, Quinteen commented on the his feelings of inadequacy. "It was a moment in time. There I stood and I could have proved my proficiency in Hebrew to Samantha's bro. And I just froze."
Asked if he's since determined the meaning projecting from his forearm, Quinteen was honest. "I've narrowed it down to faith, hope, and love. It's got to be one of those . . . right?"
"I don't know why God allowed this," he added, "but I hope I'll get another chance. As that Puritan philosopher John Flavel said, 'Providence is best read like Hebrew - backwards.'"
