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small words [shouting]

I wrote most of this a few weeks ago during naptime for the kids. I was wanting to escape into the safety of the Word, yet feeling how small my little Bible was compared to the overwhelming environment surrounding me. But that was only an illusion - really, these words convey the truth of the universe, and I wanted to express that a little in writing.

the world surrounds me, tangible and attention-grabbing, filling my every sense.

i bend over my little bible, reading the tiny print carefully in the dim light.

these words seem so fragile, ethereal even, insubstantial, whispering and fleeting.

but though i cannot hear it, these words are shouting.

filling the universe.

truthful and endlessly real in every crack and crevice of this mortal soil.

flying, trumpeting, reigning supreme over every human heart and all creatures great and small.

no one can escape; nowhere is the truth of the words changed.

i have seen faraway places, broken and evil faces.

but not one is exempt from what i read here.

between these covers. they are small words. but they shout. i am not alone.

“The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them.” (Psalm 89:11-12)

2 Comments to small words [shouting]

Kaysie
July 13, 2008

I loved that! I can so relate to what you wrote. Sometimes the world seems to yell louder than the Word, but then, when i really listen, the Word is much, much louder.

I love the way you put this.

Penn
July 13, 2008

This post encouraged me a great deal. Just thinking of the power of God’s written word. I needed to be reminded of it.

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