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O, God

I thirst for You.

I am learning to listen,

to sit in silence and to wait.

I mostly come away disappointed

and yet…

I mostly come away without a word

and yet…

I mostly come away feeling a failure

and yet…

And yet my thirst is growing.

I am learning to listen,

to sit in silence and to wait.

I strain to know Your thoughts, but mostly my own still swarm like a plague of gnats

and yet…

I seek to hear Your words, but mostly my own still darken my way

and yet…

I long to comprehend Your desires and plans, but mostly my own still lead me astray

and yet…

And yet my thirst is mounting.

I am learning to listen,

to sit in silence and to wait.

Outwardly nothing changes.

There is no voice from heaven.

There is no flood of emotion.

There is no flash of understanding.

And yet…

Inwardly something is stirring.

Nothing grand,

nothing immense,

only the beginnings of a something is stirring.

Mostly there is nothing

and yet…

And yet my thirst is rising.

I am learning to listen,

to sit in silence and to wait.

 I thirst for You.

Oh, God.

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