Listen ~ Look ~ Breathe

Listen for the sounds unleashed in the silence.
Listen for the voices of stone that cry out to the glory of God.

Look for the sights unveiled by the rising sun.

Look for the blossoms shimmering in morning light,
singing God’s praise.
Breathe in the gift of faithful promises.
Breathe in the hope of a future world, now but not yet,
where freedom triumphs, peace and abundance reign.
Amen.

(Christine Sine – http://godspace-msa.com)

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Lost

Lost

Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you
Are not Lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.

The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.

No two branches are the same to Raven.
No two trees are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.

~ David Wagoner

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What Shall Be The Holy Wonder?

What shall be the Holy Wonder
that comes to fill my heart this day ~ ~
walking in the splendor
of a thousand blessings sent my way?

I pause to listen
to the voice of song and praise
as birds come singing
choruses of joyful song they raise.

My thankful heart shall ponder
all the beauty present here
as You speak in silent whispers
with Your Presence ever near.

~ Anna Lin

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Listen ~ ~ Listen

Listen. Listen to the quiet word walking your way on the evening air,
slipping in around the edges of your reason, speaking in whispers like the wind
lifting the curtains to come into your room. Listen carefully, listen intentionally,
be still and listen, for the voice of the Spirit speaks in stillness not in shouts,
calls to you in soft sounds not the clamor of the crowd. God knows your name.
God seeks you out, answering your prayers, offering you wisdom,
showing you where to turn. Listen to learn, to understand, for the holy is most eloquent
in silence. Someone is speaking to you, speaking in the quiet hours of your soul. Listen

~ Bishop Charleston
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Listen To Your Life

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.
Touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it
because in the last analysis all moments are sacred moments
and life itself is grace.”
~ Frederick Buechner

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Quiet Moments

Hush now the mind
and be still ~ ~ ~
for silence is speaking to your soul.
~ Anna Lin

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The Question

“Could you tell me why there is so much unrest in the world today?”
my wondering heart deeply sighed.

And out of the silence You whispered:
“Listen to Me, my Beloveds.”

~ Anna Lin

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Quiet Moments

Rest now your heart upon a gentle flower
and listen for the stillness of the hour
~ Anna Lin

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Spring Rain Upon The Ridge

What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone,
in the forest, at night, cherished by this
wonderful, unintelligible,
perfectly innocent speech,
the most comforting speech in the world,
the talk that rain makes by itself all over the ridges,
and the talk of the watercourses everywhere in the hollows.
Nobody started it, nobody is going to stop it.
It will talk as long as it wants, this rain.
As long as it talks I am going to listen.

~  Thomas Merton

Quiet Moments

Walk softly ~ ~ ~ and listen for the words that heal