Our hearts long to know we’re not alone.
Someone out there cares.
We are more than a number.
We count. We matter.
And we matter most of all to God.
He is continually speaking to us. Eager to gain our listening ear.
God is desirous to impart the wild Love of His heart, the wisdom of His ways and the awesome revelation of His grace.
He longs for us to make room for His voice in our lives.
[bctt tweet=”In the quiet chambers of our hearts we can hear holy whispers if we pause to listen”]
Sense the divine Presence, His soft footsteps.
God’s voice is a gentle whisper; He doesn’t scream or shout to gain our attention.
Although the cross was a megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
A necessary breaking through our spiritually sleeping state, an invasion of God’s grace.
And now? It’s mainly through Jesus that we hear Him, through His Word written and made flesh as God Incarnate manifest.
It’s in attentive listening. In deliberately turning off and away from the world’s noise.
[bctt tweet=”It’s in the daily that we hear God. In creation’s breathed out beauty, in life’s thrum “]
And in its daily heartbeat where we learn to awaken to the whisper of His Presence.
Awakening to the whisper…
I sense a whisper
and I strain to listen because
it’s falling soft as heaven’s breath
warm as Love’s caress
refreshing drop of rain from
heart to heart is calling.
Whether it’s sweet encouragement,
comfort or challenge, revealing
our position in grace with loving
admonition bringing inner
healing, there’s no alteration
from the calm manner in
which it is gently given.
It’s not my outer ear
where the whisper is received
but deeper in my spirit
where I will pay it heed.
Sometimes a whisper will arrive
by the perusal of Your word
when I sense a leaping
in my heart where these things
are usually stirred.
At other times I wait with great
anticipation while in prayer
knowing something relevant
to my situation is what You
so often long to share.
However the whisper of Your voice
reaches me, I desire to hear each word
that’s given and I write it down
eagerly, to be seen and heard
again for future help in living.
Very often I have found
a whisper makes a louder
sound as it resonates within
like leaven, becoming bread
to share as gift of manna
with sister and with brother
like dewdrops from heaven.
©JoyLenton2015
With today’s poetic offering we’ve reached day 26 of write-31-days with five-minute-free-writes for the month of October. It has been quite an adventure of faith to see how God has inspired, equipped and enabled me to write more than usual. I’m so thankful for His grace and for you being here too. Bless you for reading, friend! 🙂
“God is desirous to impart the wild Love of His heart, the wisdom of His ways and the awesome revelation of His grace.” I love this reminder, Joy. As I read this, it struck me how amazing it is that God is “desirous to impart.” He longs to give His love, wisdom, and grace infinitely more than we long to receive. Quietly waiting for His whispers with you! Blessings and hugs!
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Yes, Trudy, how thankful we are that the initiative for receiving God’s grace comes completely from Him! Without God’s relentless love seeking after our hearts we would be poor indeed because “He longs to give His love, wisdom and grace infinitely more than we long to receive.” Our stubborn, wayward hearts need Holy Spirit ignition to turn them toward our heavenly Father. May you hear all God longs to impart to you, my friend, as you quietly wait for His whispered words. Blessings and hugs. x
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Glad you are writing more – this is a beautiful post – and helpful too.
i love how you slipped a little CS Lewis in – “a megaphone rouse a deaf world”…….. and this line: “an invasion of God’s grace.” thank you for pressing on to bring us God’s word to you, and then through you – to us!
love,
Bev. ox
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Thanks, Bev! It has been a month of extra activity here and I am putting out one more post tomorrow before taking a bit of a break. Although I also have a poem scheduled for poetryjoy.com on Wednesday as my last contribution to the #write31days writing challenge this month. I’d love you to browse around the archives here at your leisure and consider subscribing if you like what you see. I’m aiming to build a supportive community here as I share my life and faith journey. It would be an honour to have your company and insightful interaction. I truly appreciate your lovely comment. Blessings and love. xo
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Hi Joy – so glad you are writing more – thank you for this post.
I appreciate how you are pressing on to bring us God’s word TO you and then THROUGH you, to us.
love,
Bev.
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Sweet, friend. Your words have inspired me to “turn off” and listen. Blessings.
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That’s good to know, June. I’m happy to have inspired you by my words! May you be abundantly blessed in turning off the world’s noise for a while and tuning into God’s voice.
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and on you Joy! ox
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Thanks, Bev. I’m always blessed when I come away from life’s busyness and try to listen closer to God’s voice. He is ever faithful! 🙂
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Beautiful, once again! Thank you, Joy and God bless. Carole
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Hi Carol. Thank YOU for stopping by to read this post! I’m blessed by your visit. 🙂
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I am enjoying reading your posts. When a person has or is suffering ordeals of heartache or pain, loss of any kind. actually. If they allow themselves to hear the voice of the Lord speaking to them, there is healing for soul and spirit. So many have not experienced that as yet.
Thank you for your words of Joy. There is healing in your thoughts.
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Linda, it’s good to know you’re gleaning some good thoughts in my posts. And I definitely agree with you about this: “there is healing for soul and spirit” in hearing prayer whispers from the Lord. It’s sad that so many fail to sense them. Maybe it’s because they have ruled out the thought of God speaking to them directly, and therefore find it hard to hear and receive. But when we do come with open hearts and minds, God finds a way to ensure that we hear from Him. Thank you for reading through the archives. I’m so encouraged to hear that my posts are speaking to you. Blessings. 🙂 x
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