AFRICAN INSIGHT INTO FAITH
An African missionary was translating John’s Gospel into Songhai. When the missionary couldn’t find a word to translate “to believe,” he asked a national African how to translate it. The African thought momentarily and said, “I think ‘to believe’ should be translated ‘to hear with the heart’.” We could hardly improve upon that translation. God doesn’t speak to us with a physical voice. He speaks to us with a spiritual voice. He speaks to us not with physical words that the ear can hear but with spiritual words that only a loving heart can hear. Mark Link, Illustrated Daily Homilies
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