word of the day
listen
the word thumps its way
around my heart
like tennis shoes in the dryer
listen
stop speaking
suspend thought
judgement
whining
wanting
grief
action
just be still
silent
wait
tune in
go deep
listen
it will all come clear
mud will settle
pain clouds crystalize, dissolve
mirrors, and hearts,
tell their true story
we will know all we need to know,
to heal, to move forward,
if…
AL
Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Ah, Yahweh God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a child.” But Yahweh said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child’; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you, Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.” Then Yahweh reached out and touched my mouth; and said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
—Jeremiah 1.4-10
Read it again. Put yourself in there.
Imagine God’s presence in you, God’s power—
not to get your own way, not to sway crowds,
but to convey love, to be truth,
not just to say words but to live life
with power in it.
You do not have to apologize for yourself.
You do not have to be afraid
of those to whom you bring yourself.
You only have to be yourself.
And because it is from God
the truth of you will prevail.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
http://www.unfoldinglight.net
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