Speak, Lord, in the stillness
While I wait on Thee;
Hushed my heart to listen,
In expectancy.
Speak, O blessèd Master,
In this quiet hour,
Let me see Thy face, Lord,
Feel Thy touch of power.
For the words Thou speakest,
Living bread from Heaven,
Now my spirit feed!
All to Thee is yielded,
I am not my own;
Blissful, glad surrender,
I am Thine alone.
Fill me with the knowledge
Of Thy glorious will;
All Thine own good pleasure
In my life fulfill.
Like
Full of fragrance rare,
Ling’ring in Thy presence
Let my life appear.
How often do we take the time to listen? How often do we shut down the computer, turn off the TV, and get away into the stillness, just to listen? Our Lord spoke to Elijah, not through a powerful, loud event, but with a still, small voice. It is so easy to drown out that voice - do we ever stop to listen for it?
While I wait on Thee;
Hushed my heart to listen,
In expectancy.
Speak, O blessèd Master,
In this quiet hour,
Let me see Thy face, Lord,
Feel Thy touch of power.
For the words Thou speakest,
They are lifeindeed;
Living bread from Heaven,
Now my spirit feed!
All to Thee is yielded,
I am not my own;
Blissful, glad surrender,
I am Thine alone.
Fill me with the knowledge
Of Thy glorious will;
All Thine own good pleasure
In my life fulfill.
Like
a watered garden
Full of fragrance rare,
Ling’ring in Thy presence
Let my life appear.
How often do we take the time to listen? How often do we shut down the computer, turn off the TV, and get away into the stillness, just to listen? Our Lord spoke to Elijah, not through a powerful, loud event, but with a still, small voice. It is so easy to drown out that voice - do we ever stop to listen for it?
3 comments:
Amen, sister! This is exactly along the lines of what I've been thinking about recently...
Did you write this poem?☺
This is a beautiful reminder...thanks for sharing! :)
No, it's not mine! :-) It's by Emily May Grimes Crawford. The Cyberhymnal page for it is http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/q/i/quiet_hr.htm - their music is a midi file, so it's a bit fast.
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