March
2007
God speaks many languages: Written word
By Vasthi Acosta
I love to read and write. To me words carry power because through them ideas are expressed, and ideas can shake, even alter, our world.
Ideas expressed in the written form make them more acceptable, credible. They allow the idea to go beyond the limits of the speaker, out into the vast world — to touch, change and impact others.
The Holy Bible is the most obvious written method God uses to speak to us. For we have all experienced that moment when you read a verse and it feels as if the words jump off the page and sear themselves to your heart. Words that correct, teach, comfort, even dramatically change us. After all, it is the LIVING word of God.
But our God uses other writing, as well, to speak to us. The writings of our predecessors: Martin Luther, John of the Cross, Brother Lawrence, Teresa de Avila, George MacDonald and C. S. Lewis (a few that have taught me). We are also blessed to have contemporaries that examine their lives, seek God, and share their insights with us. In that manner, they allow God to speak to us through their words.
As a lover of fiction, I’ve heard God’s voice in novels too. When I become immersed in the struggles of the fictional characters, I’ve been challenged to know what is right and choose God’s path. In observing love lived out, I’ve yearned to do the same. And every now and then, a story opens a window into the spiritual realm and I catch a glimpse of that dimension.
God speak in many languages, the written word is probably the most pendantic, and yet, I would call it an honor, a privilege, to have the Lord use my written words for His glory.
God speaks to us through His written word the Holy Bible. But be on the look out because you might hear His voice in other writings too.
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Written By: Vasthi Acosta
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At the moment I’m reading this gret book called Deadline, by Randy Alcorn. I am learning so much just by reading this novel! I can feel god’s presence at times and have to stop and thank him. Reading can be an emotional and developmental experience. This is why it is so important as parents that we filter what our children read as well. The bible is the Book of Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!!