The Cares of My Heart

Lord, teach me

how to be

quiet and still

in a world that seems

to be, these days,

nothing but noise.

Lord, show me

how to silence

the sirens of fear.

Give me the strength to

evict the voices of anger

and apathy from my heart.

Let me instead

make room,

let me instead

welcome in,

let me instead

pull up a chair,

for You, Lord.

Please sit with me

for a while—or forever.

We don’t have to talk.

We can just sit.

Your very presence

is consolation enough.

For it is only in Your presence

that my soul finds the air to breathe.

Amen.

Psalm 94:19