How to Achieve Real Transformation of the Heart
Two practical suggestions that have helped me
My French is rusty. It pains me to admit this because I have a lot of pride in growing up bilingual as a missionary kid. My family moved from California to France when I was seven. We attended language school for a year, and then I was dropped into French public school for the rest of my elementary and junior high years.
I watched French TV, read French books, and made French friends. Afraid we’d lose our English, my parents banned French in the house, but they couldn’t stop me from thinking in French!
All this to say: I’m losing it.
And I know this is true because we have French neighbors in our condo complex and when I tried chit-chatting with them, they talked too fast and the right words escaped me, and I felt slow and clunky.
Alarmed, I vowed to do something about it. I downloaded some French podcasts and a French national news app. I borrowed a short French novel from our public library.
This happened months ago. The novel proved too difficult and after a week or so I forgot all about the podcasts. In truth, my good intentions fell by the wayside.
