God’s Gift of Words
By Karen Wingate Words. My lips form the word I see on my screen, causing me to note the subtle movements of my facial muscles. I repeat the word, this time giving voice to the motion, and sound waves whisk the whispered word from my mouth to my ears. I ponder the anatomy of the auditory—all that must be in place and work together so I can hear that one breath-filled word, words . I am “awesomely and wonderfully made,” the psalmist tells me (Psalm 139:14 NASB). God created my mouth, ears, and brain to work together to produce words that arrange into coherent thought without my ever breaking into a sweat or needing to think about how it happens. It all comes from God. He is the one who gave us the design of sound. He designed us with the ability to both hear and make sound. He instilled within us the building blocks of language so He could communicate His love message to us and interact with us. All of it, a precious gift that I too often take for ...
