God Speaks

Come into my presence with thanksgiving, enter my courts with praise. Though you think you have no voice, I will give you a voice. You…

This is a noisy world and when you quiet yourself, your senses are heightened to it. In stillness you wait to hear from me, but…

Knock, and I’ll open the door for you. Seek me and I’ll be found by you. Ask and I’ll give you what you ask for….

The flower fades and the grass withers, but my word stands forever. Though your beauty wanes and you feel weak, I love you. With an…

You looked for me in the storm, but you could not find me. You wondered if I was there when the earth quaked, but you…

Though you have been cast out, I will gather you. Though you have been side-lined, I will affirm you. Disillusioned from being marginalised, weary from…

My child. There is grace enough for you here with me. I am slow to anger, rich in love and kind in mercy. My great…

I will teach you and great will be your reward. I have chosen you from among the nations. I called you from the midst of…

As the gentle rain cleanses the earth, so do I cleanse you. Like the sudden burst of a thunderstorm on a hot summer’s day cools…

In the crushing. In the breaking. In the winnowing and the stretching. Here in the dark valley. The dry desert. The raging storm and the…