Now when I write the phrase "trilingual," I am in no way implying that yours truly is trilingual. I do know selected phrases from a smattering of languages though, and tonight as I was journaling, I realized that I had words in three different languages written on my page. The first, of course, was English.
Yes, shocking I know, but I about 95.4% of the time I tend to journal in my heart language of English. But I was writing about some new Greek vocabulary words I was working on, and I had just learned the word for peace, which brings me to language number two.
That is the word for "peace" in Greek. It's the word used in John 14:27 when Jesus says, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." I was writing about an area in my life in which I really don't have that peace; an area in which I am very troubled and afraid, and I decided that being troubled and afraid was no good. Or, as I put it in the third language:
Jesus offers peace, in every area of my life. In my relationships, in my academics, in my work, in my family. Man, I have GOT to take Him up on that, because this no-peace thing is exhausting.
Mood: Moving towards peaceful.
Music: My roommate talking in her sleep again.
