Linguistically Speaking

I read a true story this morning about a couple who went to an ice cream stand. The gentleman who owned the stand took this couples order. He was Hindi and spoke with a thick accent. After the order was received, he turned to his new employee and gave him instructions in careful, but fragmented Spanish - the employee didn't speak English or Hindi. Watching all this, the husband asked the owner if he knew Spanish? The owner replied, "Not really. But the teacher is no good unless he speaks the language of the student."

A blending of languages. With all the languages that creation speaks (Scripture says creation groans and that the heavens worship God) isn't it awesome that God spoke to us in our language? That he descended to our level, became like us and spoke in a language that we could understand? Our Teacher spoke the language of His students and we are all the better for it.

Our God is an awesome God

Shawn