Mouthpiece of God

“Don't try to steer the boat.

Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent.

You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear,

And if you do speak, ask for explanations.”

― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

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This morning Lord

I will stand in front of a gathered people

Who will expect me

To have something to say

And so I read

And study

And think

And scribble

And erase

And scribble some more

I try out the sound of my words

To befuddled cats

Who seem singularly unimpressed

I revise

Again and again

So that I might share the word of God

So that I might feed the flock

So that I……..

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Forgive me Lord

I do not speak for you

I cannot speak for you

I am not the mouthpiece of God

I am merely one of your children

Just one

Who for some odd reason

Has been given the privilege of letting your

Love

And compassion

And yes, perhaps, wisdom, flow through me

Oh Lord

May I approach this Sunday morning

Quietly

Listening more

Sitting in silence more

Letting the deep silence open my heart and mind to You

Open my soul to the vastness of

Your love

The vastness that is You

And then may you flow forth

However imperfectly

Through me

In spite of me

Then

May your love flow

Because in the end

That is all that counts