Though words can can carry love, they often point to it.
It is the picking up of something that has been dropped
and the giving of space for someone to discover for themselves
what it means to be human, and the
forgiving of mistakes when they realize that they are.
Mark Nepo, "Book of Awakening"
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we treasure the words of love
we speak them
and we hear them
and words are important!
You, O God
call your creative redemptive power
Word
and yet it is not in the speaking
but in the living that
love is shown
Help me this day
this week
O Lord
to do the little acts of love
to stop
to focus
to listen
to speak gently
to let go of a hurt, and forgive it
to lift up one who has stumbled
maybe my act of love
will be nothing more than a smile and a nod
maybe it will be an act far more profound
but Lord
let my life
be my
Word
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