Day 32: Word of God Speak and Easy Silence

Today is a Saturday double feature.  These two songs came to mind when I was thinking about prayer.  The first song I've heard in church many times before.  The second song is by the Dixie Chicks.  Regardless of the meaning and intentions that the Dixie Chicks put into this song, there are some beautiful lyrics and ideas that can be re-purposed to focus on prayer.

Communication is important in every relationship - especially our relationship with God.  That is easy to forget because the Bible tells us He is all-knowing and all-seeing.  What could we possibly have left to tell Him when He knows everything?  He desires that time with us.  He desires that conversation.

Word of God Speak says this:

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say  

God wants to offer His word to us in so many different ways.  When we pray, we often desire an answer.  That is okay.  God has so much to say.  He wants to provide those answers.  Sometimes His words will come and settle in our hearts and we will just know.  Sometimes they'll come out of the mouths of others.  Sometimes we will find them in scripture.  God wants to speak to us.  He knows the best form of communication even  if we cannot understand it in the moment.     

God also wants to listen.  The chorus of Easy Silence goes like this:

Easy silence that you make for me
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me

God always has words to offer us.  He also knows when we need someone to listen.  Sometimes we sit down to pray, we pour everything out, and then we wait for the answer.  We are so eager for that answer that we forget to appreciate that God is just there.  He is listening.  I value all the times that the friends and family in my life have been there to lend a listening ear.  I forget that God can do that too.  

God wants to hear from us.  He wants to know the desires of our heart.  He wants us to ask Him for what we need.  He wants us to thank Him for the answers we have received.  He wants to listen.

~SP

   

You can pray anywhere.  God is like a cell phone service that covers every inch of the map.  Even though I do talk to Him everywhere, I thought I would share some places that I like to spend time talking to God.  The picture on the left is Green Lake, WI.  I like to take walks there and talk with God.  God is outdoors in His beautiful creation.  The picture above is Beck Chapel - a chapel for all faiths - on IU's campus.  I like to sit there in the last row next to the stained glass window and talk to God.  God sits inside there, waiting for conversation.  And when I am not in either of these places, I know He goes with me, I know He continues to listen.