Friday, October 8, 2010

Not Be Silent

Sometimes silence is tragic:
Not saying, “I love you.”
Not saying, “I am sorry.”
Not saying, “I miss you.”
Not saying, “My door is always open and my heart is always waiting.”
Sometimes saying nothing opens such a deep chasm of emptiness
that even the brightest light of hope
wanes dimmer and dimmer
until the silence becomes
nothing but darkness
itself.
But the Lord
is gracious:
ALWAYS
gracious.
And the silence
that holds loneliness and sorrow
and fear
can
be
broken
by
a
single
word
of
love
.




Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God,
I will give thanks to You forever.

Psalms 30:10-12


A dear friend gave these flowers to me.
Thank you, Tracy.