Name:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
O Thou,
Whose stillness drowns
earth's total noise--
its grating sounds,
progress,
traffic,
voice,
flutterings
of my frustration,
mutterings,
agitation;
the screaming silences
without,
within,
the din
of questions clamoring
for their "why?"
and "how?"
now!
the rumblings
of man's discontent,
erupting hate,
violence;
war's distant thunder
rolling near,
and everywhere
the cries
of fear
that paralyzes
as it grips
and near at hand
a faucet drips.
O Thou,
Whose stillness drowns
earth's total noise,
only in Thee
is stillness found...
And I
rejoice.
~~Ruth Bell Graham
Whose stillness drowns
earth's total noise--
its grating sounds,
progress,
traffic,
voice,
flutterings
of my frustration,
mutterings,
agitation;
the screaming silences
without,
within,
the din
of questions clamoring
for their "why?"
and "how?"
now!
the rumblings
of man's discontent,
erupting hate,
violence;
war's distant thunder
rolling near,
and everywhere
the cries
of fear
that paralyzes
as it grips
and near at hand
a faucet drips.
O Thou,
Whose stillness drowns
earth's total noise,
only in Thee
is stillness found...
And I
rejoice.
~~Ruth Bell Graham
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