I Would Give Thanks

I would give thanks for many things On this Thanksgiving Day, Thanks for all the blessings life brings Each day along the way.

I would give thanks for life, for health, For home, for food, and too, All that I count my greatest wealth ... Family and friendships true.

I give thanks for my native land, For freedom on this day, Where we worship and understand Our privilege to pray.

I would give thanks for many things And do the best I can To be worthy of all life brings And serve my fellowman.

Virginia Katherine Oliver

Did You Know!

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth; and has determined their preappointed time and the boundaries of their habitation.... Acts 17:26

Is language learned or is it a built in part of our very nature? If we were made by a Creator who values communication, we would expect to have some built in language skills and desires. In fact, common features among all languages would also support the Bible's historical account of how humans once had only one language.
Researchers who studied human methods of communication around the world learned that all people have far more in common with one another than can be explained by simple biology. Linguists have noted that all languages have verbs, nouns and similar phrase structures. Certain consonants in English serve as stop sounds for words. When researchers tested African infants who had never heard English, they found that those infants recognized the same boundaries as American infants.
Not only is language universal to humans, but also every human language follows the same basic rules, even though this is unnecessary. Some scientists are now beginning to theorize that present human languages are all built on a single, universal language pattern.
They have also noted one more important fact. While you can coax an ape to learn a limited vocabulary by bribing it with bananas and candy, human children happily learn 150 new words per week simply for the joy of learning language! No biological theory of origins can explain this rapid language acquisition. The Bible's history of humanity offers the only possible explanation for human languages.

Creation Moment, Thursday, October 26th, 2006