[ Monday, January 23, 2006 ]
The other day, my son had a "teachable moment", as they are called. I almost missed it. He started by asking "What language does Jesus speak?" (My son is exposed to a very multilingual environment).
I began to waffle something about Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew, before I caught myself.
"He understands English too. You can speak to him in any language you like".
Then he asked another profound question.
"How can God hear, when there are so many people talking all the time?"
I didn't know how to answer that, so I just reassured him that God could. He didn't seem convinced. So I said "maybe He has very big ears?".
Hopefully God - and my readers - will forgive any perceived blasphemy. Take it (even if my 4-year-old would not) as merely a metaphor for a deeper spiritual truth - that indeed God's "ears" are big enough to accommodate and hear us all.
Mike [6:48 PM]
