9th October 2016
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people according to the will of God. Romans 8: 26 – 27
In the depths of silence, no words are needed, no language required.
In the depth of silence I am called to listen...
Listen to the beating of your heart
Listen to the blowing of the wind
The movement of the Spirit
Be silent – says the Lord and know that I am God...
and listen to the cry of the voiceless
listen to the groaning of the hungry
listen to the pain of the landless and homeless
listen to the sigh of the oppressed
and the laughter of children
For that is authentic communication
Listening to people…Living with people
Crying with people…Dying for people...
Remind us that you walk beside us, you are at every end and turn, in both sadness and in joy.
And even when we forget you Lord… you never forget us… because you cannot forget us.
So, help us to pray, because we know that we can bring
everything to you in prayer, even when words fail us, you hear us,
because you put your ear to our hearts and listen for us there.
Amen
Revd. Janine Atkinson
SPACE Churches take time to think
