Life and Light

One of the really wonderful things about learning another language is the fact that it gives you a different way of looking at things.

Recently, while reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish, I came across the phrase,

Dar a luz.

(it was actually in a different verb form-but for illustration purposes, bear with me here)

I looked it up in english and confirmed it with my Spanish teacher and it means "to give birth."

The literal translation is "to give light."

Wow.

Put that under your thinking cap.

When a Spanish-speaker talks of "giving birth" she uses the words "give light." It kinda puts a whole new meaning on that sacred process that women go through to bring God's children into this world. Mere words cannot describe the feelings that go through my mind as I reflect on the meaning of the words "to give light."

What a wonderful new way to look at it.

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