The Natural Order of Things

 May our souls be in harmony our thoughts be as one and may our ears listen to the silence together, Abba Father.  Today in particular i have noticed such glorious silence surrounding me.  People have got their mouths shut this morning.  i know it won't last much longer.  May our glances profoundly penetrate one another.  May our lips pray together so that we may gain mercy from You.  In Jesus's name.  Amen  It's good to spend time in quietness.  Right now the only sound i hear is the rain running through the gutter outside.

This has become one of my favorite sounds.  Perhaps it's because i've grown older--not necessarily wiser--and i've grown to love the birds chirping their thanks for the birdseed and peanut i've laid out for them. There aren't many people around me lately who i know who cold actually strengthen my soul, and that's okay.  You, Holy Spirit, do that for me.  i know You're here because i notice the precious quiet and the precious sound of the rain flowing through the gutter and the chirping of You're precious creatures outside my patio sliding glass door.

Abba Father, if i'm to be strongest when alone, let me be alone with You.  It's been so long since i've felt so lonely.  Feeling lonely these days feels like such an impossibility.  Help me exist in the midst of overwhelmed and indifferent people.  That seems to be what has become the "natural order of things." If i were to get struck by a car again, how many folks would look, then drive away?  You didn't look away the first time it happened and You wouldn't look away ever again.