Silence

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.
Matthew 6:34

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

(new bloom to a new little king hawthorne tree / Julie Cook / 2015)

Praying
Begging
Pleading
Hoping
Bargaining
Promising

Do you hear me?

Crying
Anguishing
Fretting
Worrying
Agonizing
Struggling

Do you see me?

Watching
Waiting
Needing
Wanting
Yearning

Do you know me?

In the darkness of an aching heart
the frustration rises to a deafening level.

Silence answers

Day after day,
month after month,
year after year
a one way conversation plays out

Silence answers

Believing
Trusting
Claiming
Knowing
Proclaiming

Silence answers

On my knees, in the silence, I cry out to You
Through my tears, in the silence, I implore You
In the darkness, through the silence, I need You

A single word is heard to drift along an evening breeze. . .

“Beloved. . .”