Poets & Saints

Scripture1 Kings 19:12 (NRSVUE)…and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.RefrainI climb down into who I truly am.QuoteCarl Jung, from Letters, vol. 1"My pilgrim's progress has been to climb down a thousand ladders until I could finally reach out a hand of friendship to the little clod of earth that I am." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 1:38 (NRSVUE)Then Mary said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.RefrainThe eternal satisfies what nothing else can.QuoteAugustine, from On Christian Doctrine"A temporal thing is loved before we have it, and it grows worthless when we gain it, for it does not satisfy the soul. But the eternal is more ardently loved the more it is acquired. The soul will find the eternal even more valuable after once tasting it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJames 4:8 (NIV)Come near to God and he will come near to you.RefrainEven now, life is good.QuoteEtty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life"In spite of everything you always end up with the same conviction: life is good after all, it's not God's fault that things go awry sometimes, the cause lies in ourselves. And that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland with my whole family." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 10:27 (NIV)My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.RefrainI hearken. God hearkens within me.QuoteEtty Hillesum, from An Interrupted Life"Truly, my life is one long hearkening unto myself and unto others, unto God. And if I say that I hearken, it is really God who hearkens inside me. The most essential and deepest in the other. God to God." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGalatians 5:1 (NRSVUE)For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.RefrainLove flows unstoppably toward me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Love is constantly creating future possibilities for the good of all concerned — even, and especially, when things go wrong. Love allows and accommodates everything in human experience, both the good and the bad, and nothing else can really do this. Nothing. Love flows unstoppably downward, around every obstacle — like water. Love and water seek not the higher place but always the lower." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMatthew 16:16–17 (NIV)Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven."RefrainGod is always more than I can hold.QuotePierre Teilhard de Chardin, from The Divine Milieu"God does not offer Himself to our finite beings as a thing all complete and ready to be embraced. For us, He is eternal discovery and eternal growth. The more we think we understand Him, the more he reveals himself as otherwise. The more we think we hold him, the further He withdraws, drawing us into the depths of himself." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMark 5:34 (NIV)He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."RefrainI turn toward Love and find my peace.QuoteEloi Leclerc, from The Wisdom of the Poor One of Assisi"If we knew how to adore, then nothing could truly disturb our peace. We would travel through the world with the tranquility of the great rivers.But only if we know how to adore." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureMatthew 28:7 (NIV)Then go quickly and tell his disciples: "He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him."RefrainLove is always ahead, drawing me forward.QuotePierre Teilhard de Chardin"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 8:28–29 (NLT)And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.RefrainLove is the meaning of everything.QuoteJulian of Norwich, from Showings"Know it well, love is its meaning. Who reveals this to you? Love. What does he reveal? Love. Why? For Love. Remain in this and you will know more of the same." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 John 4:20 (NIV)Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.RefrainI choose to see the good.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"We must — yes, must — make a daily and even hourly choice to focus on the good, the true, and the beautiful." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureActs 17:28 (NRSVUE)For "In him we live and move and have our being"; as even some of your own poets have said, "For we too are his offspring."RefrainI am made to participate in beauty.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Weight of Glory"We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words — to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 5:5 (NIV)And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.RefrainLove has been poured into me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"I have never met a truly compassionate or loving human being who did not have a foundational and even deep trust in the inherent goodness of human nature." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 4:8–9 (NIV)Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.RefrainCreation mirrors the goodness of God.QuoteSt. Bonaventure, from The Soul's Journey into God"Let us place our first step in the ascent at the bottom, presenting to ourselves the whole material world as a mirror, through which we may pass over to God, who is the Supreme Craftsman. The Creator's supreme power, wisdom and benevolence shine forth through all created things." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 8:14–17 (NIV)For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.RefrainGoodness was planted in me from the beginning.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"From the very beginning, faith, hope, and love are planted deep within our nature — indeed they are our very nature. The Christian life is simply a matter of becoming who we already are." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureColossians 3:11 (NLT)In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.RefrainIn every face I see, Christ is there.QuoteElizabeth Bowen, from The Heat of the Day"To turn from everything to one faceis to find oneself face to face with everything." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGenesis 28:16-17 (The Message)Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, “God is in this place—truly. And I didn’t even know it!” He was terrified. He whispered in awe, “Incredible. Wonderful. Holy. This is God’s House. This is the Gate of Heaven.”RefrainGod is here. I am waking up to it.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"In God you do not include less and less;you always see and love more and more.The more you transcend your small ego,the more you can include.When you look at any other person,a flower, a honeybee, a mountain — anything —you are seeing the incarnation of God's lovefor you and the universe you call home." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureEphesians 3:10–11 (NRSVUE)So that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.RefrainI am part of something larger than myself.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"When you can honor and receive your own moment of sadness or fullnessas a gracious participation in the eternal sadness or fullness of God,you are beginning to recognize yourselfas a participating member of this one universal Body.You are moving from I to We." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureEphesians 1:9 (NLT)God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ — which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ — everything in heaven and on earth.RefrainGod's yes to me is older than time.QuoteAugustine, from Retractions"For what is now called the Christian religion existed even among the ancients and was not lacking from the beginning of the human race." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureColossians 1:19–20 (NIV)For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.RefrainIn God I live and move and have my being.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"I have never been separate from God, nor can I be, except in my mind." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 20:38 (NIV)He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.RefrainI have nothing left to prove.QuoteBrennan Manning, from The Ragamuffin Gospel"God loves you as you are and not as you should be, because none of us are as we should be." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRevelation 21:5–6 (NRSVUE)And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life."RefrainGod is making all things new — including me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Faith at its essential core is accepting that you are accepted. We cannot deeply know ourselves without also knowing the One who made us, and we cann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture2 Peter 1:4 (NRSVUE)Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and may become participants of the divine nature.RefrainI am a participant in the divine nature.QuoteAthanasius"God was consistent in working through one man to reveal himself everywhere, as well as through the other parts of His creation, so that nothing was left devoid of his Divinity and his self-knowledge... so that the whole universe was filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters fill the sea." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 8:58 (NRSVUE)Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am."RefrainBefore I knew God, God knew me.QuoteRichard Rohr, from The Universal Christ"Christ is the light that allows people to see things in their fullness. The precise and intended effect of such a light is to see Christ everywhere else. In fact, that is my only definition of a true Christian. A mature Christian sees Christ in everything and everyone else." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureHebrews 12:2 (NRSVUE)Looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.RefrainI am accepted, just as I am.QuotePaul Tillich, from The Shaking of the Foundations"Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything; do not perform anything; do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted. If that happens to us, we experience grace. After such an experience we may not be better than before, and we may not believe more than before. But everything is transformed." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureRomans 6:4 (NRSVUE)Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.RefrainI carry resurrection into this day.QuoteWendell Berry, from Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. Practice resurrection." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 20:19–21 (NRSVUE)When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."RefrainPeace be with me, even here.QuoteSt. Seraphim of Sarov"Acquire inner peace and thousands around you will find their salvation." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 24:30–31 (NRSVUE)When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.RefrainOpen my eyes to what is already here.QuoteElizabeth Barrett Browning, from Aurora Leigh"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God, but only he who sees takes off his shoes; the rest sit round and pluck blackberries." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 24:13–16 (NRSVUE)Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.RefrainEven in disappointment, You are near.QuoteFrederick Buechner"Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureLuke 24:1–6 (NRSVUE)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them.The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen."RefrainThe tomb is empty. Everything is different.QuoteN.T. Wright, from Surprised by Hope"Resurrection is not the reversal of death. It is the defeat of death. Not undoing what happened, but transforming it into something that opens onto a new world." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:13–14 (NRSVUE)Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.RefrainI press on toward what is ahead.QuoteFrederick Buechner, from Wishful Thinking"The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It's for you I created the universe. I love you. There's only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:10–11 (NRSVUE)I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.RefrainIn my suffering, Christ is with me.QuoteNicholas Wolterstorff, from Lament for a Son"God is not only the God of the sufferers but the God who suffers. The one who suffers beside us." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:10 (NRSVUE)I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.RefrainI surrender in order to know You.QuoteBrennan Manning, from Abba's Child"Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:8–9 (NRSVUE)I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ.RefrainIn losing, I find what truly lasts.QuoteRichard Rohr, from Falling Upward"The supposed achievements of the first half of life have to fall apart and show themselves to be wanting in some way, or we will not move further. Why would we?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePhilippians 3:7–8 (NRSVUE)Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.RefrainI release what I once held as gain.QuoteThomas Merton, from New Seeds of Contemplation"To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 84:11–12 (NRSVUE)For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.RefrainGod withholds no good thing from me.QuoteGeorge Herbert, from The Pulley"When God at first made man, having a glass of blessings standing by,let us, said he, pour on him all we can." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 84:10 (NRSVUE)For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.RefrainOne day in your presence is enough.QuoteC.S. Lewis, from The Weight of Glory"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.We are half-hearted creatures,fooling about with drink and sex and ambitionwhen infinite joy is offered us,like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slumbecause he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 84:5–7 (NRSVUE)Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.RefrainStrength rises in me as I walk.QuoteEugene Peterson, from A Long Obedience in the Same Direction"The life of faith is not a sprint but a long obedience in the same direction." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 84:3 (NRSVUE)Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.RefrainI have found a place to belong.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from The Return of the Prodigal Son"Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says:'You are my beloved, on you my favor rests.'" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScripturePsalm 84:1–2 (NRSVUE)How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.RefrainMy soul longs for the living God.QuoteAugustine of Hippo, from Confessions"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 15:9–10 (NRSVUE)As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.RefrainI remain in love.QuoteBrennan Manning, from The Ragamuffin Gospel"Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together and are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 15:16 (NRSVUE)You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.RefrainI did not choose first — I was chosen.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from Life of the Beloved"Long before any human being saw us, we are seen by God's loving eyes. Long before anyone heard us cry or laugh, we are heard by our God who is all ears for us. Long before any person spoke to us in this world, we are spoken to by the voice of eternal love." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 15:7–8 (NRSVUE)If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.RefrainFruit grows when I remain.QuoteFrederick Buechner, from Wishful Thinking"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 15:5 (NRSVUE)I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.RefrainI am rooted in the vine.QuoteJohn of the Cross, from The Ascent of Mount Carmel"The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureJohn 15:4 (NRSVUE)Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.RefrainI choose to abide.QuoteThomas R. Kelly, from A Testament of Devotion"For God Himself works in our souls, in the deepest depths, taking increasing control as we are progressively willing to be prepared for His wonder." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGalatians 5:22–25 (NRSVUE)The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.RefrainI walk in step with the Spirit.QuoteThomas R. Kelly, from A Testament of Devotion"There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we may be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within, behind the scenes, at a profounder level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship, and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture1 John 4:18 (NRSVUE)There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.RefrainLove has moved in where fear used to live.QuoteJulian of Norwich, from Revelations of Divine Love"Love was His meaning. Who showed it thee? Love. What showed He thee? Love. Wherefore was it showed? For Love. Hold thee therein and thou shalt learn and know more in the same. But thou shalt never know nor learn therein other thing without end." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGalatians 5:13 (NRSVUE)For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become servants to one another.RefrainFree to love, I turn toward others.QuoteDorothy Day, from The Long Loneliness"We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGalatians 5:1 (NRSVUE)For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.RefrainI have nothing left to prove.QuoteHenri Nouwen, from The Return of the Prodigal Son"Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved. Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ScriptureGalatians 5:13–14 (NRSVUE)For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."RefrainI was made for this freedom.QuoteMeister Eckhart"The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture  Philippians 1:6 (NRSVUE)I am confident of this,  that the one who began a good work among you  will bring it to completion  by the day of Jesus Christ.Refrain  I am learning to trust what is unfinished.Quote  R. S. ThomasThere are nights when the darkness presses so close  that I can hear my own heart questioning.  I have learned not to force an answer,  not to demand a voice.Faith is not the absence of uncertainty,  but the decision to live with it,  to continue without seeing,  to remain when clarity does not come.I stay, not because I understand,  but because something in me knows  this waiting is itself a form of prayer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.