A young boy named Carlos is doing a big job in helping a missionary write the Bible in the Kehchi language. Carlos would sit patiently with the missionary as they both worked on this big job. "How does this sound?" he had asked Carlos many times and then he would read some words to him. Then Carlos would nod and smile and say, "It speaks to my heart." "So many grunts and clicks and pops in your language, it is hard to get it just right," the missionary would say with a smile. "See how many 'x's and lines it takes to write it down?" Carlos smiled, but to him it was the most beautiful sight in all the world-the Bible written in his own language! Day after day this strange work had gone on until at last several parts of the Bible had been written and printed in the Kehchi language. And when vacation time had come, the missionary had given Carlos the little book of John to take home with him. So that day Carlos started the long journey home with much joy and excitement hoping to show his best friend Lucio the Bible he and the missionary had worked on.

Carlos said: "It speaks to my heart." What speaks to Carlos' heart? God's Word, the good news speaks to Carlos' heart. Now Carlos has a personal relationship with Jesus and when he hears God's Word He knows it is God speaking to him and that makes him very happy. King David loved God's Word and said:   How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!*     O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!*   Like Carlos and King David, God wants you to know how sweet His Words are. He wants to speak to your heart. And after you have experienced the sweetness of God's words he wants you to share them with others.

Psalm 119:103, Psalm 34:8 (NASB) Devotional Story Reference: When You Need a Missionary Story / The Torn Book, By Elizabeth B. Jones, 1956