Silent

Abba, Father, the world is still and I hear you call my name.  Though the world is silent, my mind still scurries, can You help me to focus?  Focus on Your voice, Your words, Your love?  My mind wanders and I seem to blindly follow; yet my heart longs for Your voice.  Help me, Father, help me to focus my attention on that which I need rather than that which projects the loudest.  The world sleeps and I come before You prepared to listen, prepared to hear, prepared to act upon Your direction.  Where the seas crash along the shore, I know Your presence, I feel Your strength.  Where the sun crests the waters, creating a brilliant sky and a grand reflection, I feel Your warmth, feel Your tenderness embracing my soul.  Where the mighty oak stands tall accepting the fury of the wind, I experience the gravity of a Your mercy, Your peace.  In all the madness of the world, I know Your existence, I rely upon it yet in this stillness in fidget, I can make no sense of my heart for my mind races, looking for distractions.  Distractions are humanity’s companion, right now I need solace, I need a moment with You; all of me needs You.  Now, Father, I come before You in this silence asking to be changed, to be molded into a walker of faith, a presenter of peace, a provider of love.  Silence frightens the mind for the ego feeds upon vulnerability of turmoil, of criticism. My soul, in this moment, knows the extent of peace for in this moment I experience the strength of Your love and willingness to find me in the most crowded distractions known to humanity.  Love now my only distraction, taking me away from any fear, any mind entanglement the ego wishes to project.  In this moment, I am with You and only You.  The love I feel overwhelms, this love I know strengthens me, encouraging me to discover an us; child and Father, us, You and me, together battling the world, one ego defense at a time.  In this moment, Father, I am reminded of the power of silence, the power of togetherness harnessed by the strength of faith and passion of love.  Here, in this moment, You have molded my soul, taken me from nothing into everything and my heart finds peace.  Shaken no longer by the stillness of the world, this time, our time, refuels my soul that I may face the chaos with hope, with peace, with silence and leave Your mark of love upon a loveless world.  In this silence, Father, You took one second to love, one second to embrace my person that I may know wholeness.  I want for the world to feel this wholeness, I want for the world to know such love, to feed upon love instead of hatred.  I will make the world still, me, Your servant.  You have provided me with all the necessary tools and the courage to now use them; use them I will that compassion may be breathed and Love embraced in each moment, with every step.  In this silence, I have learned that the world thrives on distraction, depends upon chaos that the ego my feed our beings and pride project falsehoods upon which humanity seeks wisdom.  Abandonment of this falsehood is a possibility only when wrapped in Your love, the love which I now accept as my own and vow to share with the world.  You have molded me, Father, molded me into a seeker of hope, a giver of peace, and an active presenter of love.  In this silence, Father, I have become the love You have called over the chaos, Your wisdom is the beat of my heart, Your love, my each and every breath.  The world is silent, Father, I am silent  as awaiting instruction for I am ready to serve, ready to be love among the chaos, ready to help other embrace the silence; embrace You.  Father, the world is silent and in this moment I have become whole for we are one, Your peace I know, Your love I welcome.  In this silence I will listen, I will learn, I will be silent.