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"Life Speaks Louder"
honesty and authenticity in our relationship with God and others. 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 the truth about our sin. What an odd blessing when our loving 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! I find it interesting that the poet acknowledges both personal and corporate "bungling." See Psalm 51 and Isaiah 1:10-18.] Have a great week, Chip Stam Pastor of Worship and Music Chapel Hill Bible Church Chapel Hill, North Carolina |