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I Asked, You Answered, I Wasn’t Listening

Oh Lord, show me your love they speak of that flows like lava down an erupted mountain

Oh Lord, speak to me with your voice so tender that silences the Leviathan

Oh Lord, who calms rough seas and opens up paths across oceans

Won’t you speak now so I can know?

That voice that trembles the enemy

That voice that shakes the earth’s core

That voice that moves rugged mountains

Speak, so I can be moved too!

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The thunder raged,

The skies poured down rain,

Oh, hush elements!

Can’t you see I’m trying to hear the Lord speak?!

The flowers sprung after the fresh rainfall covered the earth,

The grass swayed in the wind and flew far and wide,

The butterflies fluttered about and the birds started to sing,

I could not hear my Lord.

Why so silent? Always silent!

Go on, speak to me with your voice so I have to cover my mouth like Job and hush

Go on, Speak!

The rain drizzled,

This time slowly washing off the filth from the windscreen

Not realizing the plank in my eye and the clot in my ear,

I refused to get rid of....

Oh Lord! Speak to me!

Still I shouted and whined like a baby without its bottle...

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Written by
shaqila
Malaysian
Published
Jun 3, 2014
Lines·Words
26·211
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When your heart is closed and your mind takes over

The voice of earthly reasoning often shuts off the heavenly voice...

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