Wednesday 16 January 2008

A Common Dialect

Colossians 1:3 (MSG) ~ "Our prayers for you are always spilling over into thanksgivings. We can't quit thanking God our Father and Jesus our Messiah for you!"

Over the past couple of days I have sat and enjoyed listening to my wife conversing with her childhood friend in their Hokkien dialect. It has been a huge benefit to experience the delight of renewed friendships and shared journeys, though I understood little of what they were saying.

As I pondered this personal situation, it occurred to me that as Christian believers we experience and share a common language everyday ~ the language of Love. And the dialect that has been common to our sharing together over these last couple of days is the Thanksgiving dialect.

How often do you use the Thanksgiving dialect?

TODAY'S PRAYER FOCUS
Captain Kirsty McKenzie ~ appointed to Bolivia in divisional leadership support role