I think that what really happened is that God sanctified and then answered our prayers. We prayed that J would talk, but God taught us to listen to and respond to a scared boy who at first talked with his eyes. Then, I think that when we learned to listen, it became safe for J to talk. That is, I believe, the bottom line of the Christian life. Jesus is the word made flesh, and our faith and our deeds of love puzzle together with the Lord of lords and King of kings setting the sequence that makes the pattern of grace-filled life.
