From Deuteronomy 6:4-5: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
Busy with daily lives
Pausing now, do you hear?
As God listens, we should
Opening minds and ears
As God’s chosen, come close
Father waits with patience
Intently, carefully
Despite our impatience
Read His Word with earnest
Focus on, meditate
God’s living stone, breathing
Do you hear Him, so great?
His mercy chooses us
With never-ending love
Calling us from darkness
Finding God’s grace above
Face each hour with new hope
Follow with faithful steps
Lives chosen and precious
God waits at our doorstep
From 1 Peter 2:9-10: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
well said Buckeye, we need to be still to hear!
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Kate, your thoughts are right on the mark. Indeed, we hear better when we are still. God’s peace!
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“Face each hour with new hope…” Very good! “God waits at our doorstep” The lines of your poems each say so much, even when they are taken out of the poem to stand alone. There is an artistry to that and not an easy one!!!! Beautiful poem! 🙂
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Linda, I appreciate your kind words. God continues to bless my thoughts when I write Christian poetry.
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Listening to God: One of the hardest feat of modern man. Thanks for the poem
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I agree with your assessment. We need more people taking a course in Listening 101.
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Amen
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