Daily Peek: Speak my language.
I found myself with about 15 minutes to kill this afternoon while I waited for a meeting to begin. I had a couple of important emails I needed to answer, so I snuck into a small computer lab and sat down next to a guy who was staring intently at the screen in front of him.
As I waited for my email to load into my inbox, I couldn’t help but notice the guy seemed to be practicing sign language along with a video on his screen. As his video finished, I — for some reason I still can’t explain — leaned over and quietly said something about how impressed I was from just watching for a few minutes.
He smiled and began showing me his list of vocabulary words he was learning for his class; this week’s theme was on family. I asked him why he was learning to sign and, after a moment of hesitation, he explained that his brother is deaf and he wanted to be able to better communicate with him. When I asked him what his brother thought about him taking a sign language class, his face colored, almost as if he was embarrassed by the question.
“I haven’t exactly told him yet… I thought I’d surprise him when I see him this summer.”
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I’ve been thinking about that guy all evening, wondering if he realizes what an incredible gift he is giving by doing whatever it takes — classes, hours of studying, aching hands — to learn to speak his brother’s language. I imagine that their relationship will take on a whole new level of intimacy now that he’s chosen to do whatever it takes to be able to communicate with his brother, to be able to speak his language.
I was still thinking about this guy a few minutes ago when I went for a walk under a dark grey sky, wondering what Jesus must have been thinking some 2,000 years ago as He realized that the day of His death was quickly approaching. I couldn’t help but wonder if He too stood under a dark sky as He made the decision to do whatever it took to be able to communicate with us, to be able to speak our language.
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You’d do it all over again, just to be able to speak my language, wouldn’t You?
your last line made me cry…
you blew me away with this one!!!
XOXOXO
How in the world are you only 24 years old with this kind of insight? You made me cry tonight. Good tears, though.
This is my favorite Daily Peek yet, Amy Beth. Such a neat story! Thanks for sharing!
Wow…Amy Beth, that was awesome…You gave me chills girl! That was awesomely deep! You are such an inspiration…
Beautiful – tears here too. Thank you, again!
oh what a fantastic post!
and i’m not just saying that – cause seriously? that’s some TRUTH. I love it!
Hi AB–what a beautiful post. I have heard and read a lot of stories over the last few weeks relating to Easter but none that made me look at Jesus’ death from such a new light. Thank you for sharing!
Wow! That was beautiful Amy Beth and I have to agree with Lindsee this is definitely my favorite daily peek yet. You have a gift!
Let me know when the book is being published… I’ll be first in line to buy it. You write like a poet…. the passion of the soul. Beautfiul, simply beautiful.
What a wonderful gift that young man is giving his brother. Amazing!