It is often joked about here in Agua Viva that Spanish prayers don’t need translated because Spanish is the language of heaven. As much as we joke about this, it led us to some beautiful thoughts.
Sitting in church with John Salisbury’s group, Eduardo was leading us in a sermon in Spanish, Claire Salisbury was translating into English, and a mother from the team was translating into Sign Language for her two deaf sons (one who is adopted from Agua Viva). It dawned on us at this moment, that the Lord was hearing all three equally, and the offering was a sweet aroma to him.
It made us feel such a longing to be in our Father’s presence, worshiping Him in heaven, side by side with believers of all tongues, all praising the same Lord, who hears all.
As we heard and saw the mixture of words and motions, we thought of all the believers across the globe who that day were offering praises to the Lord in their own languages…and that is the language of heaven.
2 comments:
What a beautiful picture. As we are all traveling around this summer, the language differences seem so great to us. And yet, to God, they are just subtle differences. Won't heaven be a wonderful place!
We are so proud of you as you work at Aqua Viva this summer. God is truly blessing your work and we are so PROUD of you both.
We love you.
Mom and Dad Wallace
Hi Scott and Sophie,
We are enjoying keeping up with the happenings at AQua Viva. I'm trying to get this comment thing set up. HOpe it works. Grandpa
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