By Susan Lafferty
Wordless. I don’t know what to say. How to pray.
But longing stirs. Hunger to hear Your voice. See Your lamp shining in the dark.
I try to look ahead. Nearsighted vision blurs the future. Shapes without edges loom. Nothing is clear.
So I open the Scriptures. Hold Your Word close. And read in black and white, words on the page.
Your Word
These words in Your Word fill the empty places of my prayers. Speak loud who You are. The psalmist articulates what I cannot.
I cry out. And Your Word reveals, with radiance.
Searching out pride that leads to confession.
Highlighting purpose.
Deeply personal. Yet far-reaching. Global.
Whispering comfort, when there are no answers.
Truth clarifies this moment.
Manna. Not for tomorrow or next week.
But for today.
It is enough.
Abide in the Word
Wordless. I encounter the Word made flesh who walked among us. Glorious. Full of grace and truth. Making a way through His death and resurrection.
He rescues me from sin and death. Eternally.
Invites me to rest, remain, abide in Him.
Through prayer and the Scripture.
I am sealed, filled with His Spirit.
Part of His Body, the Church.
My Lord and my God.
He is enough.
Wordless
The future I cannot see is surrendered in this step by step journey. Moment by moment. Walking with Him.
So somedays, I sit. Wordless.
But resting. In the One who calls me by name.
He knows the way.
“God, you are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You….
So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.
My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.”
Psalm 63:1-3
What about you?
Have you ever felt at a loss for words? Unable to express to the Father what you long for? When did you discover He is enough?
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