silence

i read this today and it was very encouraging.

let me share:

"... we often drift around almost aimlessly, feeling so distant, desiring just to hear a little something from God. Maybe not even words but something as trivial as making the toilet flush in the next room when we ask Him to. But maybe God is speaking to us all the time, only without words and on-demand, genie-like tricks. Through nature. Music. Other people. These things, I believe, have shown me the love, order, creativity, justice, mercy, and hope of God time and time again. Also through situations and circumstances that were too well placed to be mere chance."

from Bradley Hathaway's book, All The Hits So Far But Don't Expect Too Much.

Silence by: b-rad
"...I’m listening to your plea with open ears
Counting all your tears flowing from your irritated eyes
Searching the skies looking for that hope that beyond there lies.
Oh you young worrisome sparrow, find rest
Lay your battered head upon my omnipresent breast
and make it your nest
No strong cold wind could ever blow and carry you
from this your home
Look around, see the life shooting up from the ground
Spring colors springing fourth and celebration of your trusting

It’s a constant process this is
Growing you into the man you are to become
But when you sense the setting of the sun know it is
only rising and has just begun
Now go fourth, sing songs of faith, and lift up others
in the midst of this race
And if you can’t keep the pace or lose sight of my face
Know that I’m always near so you need not fear
But don’t worry about all that right now
Just sit here and enjoy the peace I offer in my silence
When I am silent I am listening,
and not abandoning. "

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love.mary nell