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"Life Speaks Louder"
LIFE SPEAKS LOUDER Lord, be merciful, shut me up when my life speaks so much louder than my words. When we blunder through life, golden-throated and silver-spooned, bungling it all, be merciful, Lord, shut us up. Let us feel our own lies. - Ulrich Schaffer, from GREATER THAN OUR HEARTS: PRAYERS AND REFLECTIONS, Harper & Row, 1981 [Confession is telling God (our Abba, Father) the truth about our sin; but too often we live as if we have no need for his forgiveness. What a odd blessing when God uses the pain of our "blundering" and "bungling" to bring us to our knees and draw us back into a proper relationship with him! See Psalm 51 and Isaiah 1:10-18.] Have a great week, Chip Stam |