----Would You Share the Word of God?

----A Fair Trade ~

--"I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil." --[Psalm 119:162] --

---Scott and Mary Crickmore poured fifteen years of their lives into helping translate the New Testament in the Maasina dialect. It was for the Fulani tribe to the West African nation of Mali.

Some people would think that the Crickmores was too great--giving up their comfortable lifestyle, changing their diet to to mush and rice, and living in less-than-ideal circumstances for those fifteen years. But the Crickmores say it was "a fair trade, because now the Fulani people have the Word of God in a language they can read.

The psalmist delighted in God's Word. He stood in awe of it, rejoiced over it, loved it, and obeyed it (Psalm 119:161-168). He found great peace and hope in the Word.

The Fulani people are now able to discover the "great treasure" (Psalm 162) of God's Word. Would you agree with the Crickmores that any effort and sacrifice to get the Bible to others is a "fait trade"?

--ODB/AC~