Pentecost gets us all fired up to speak…
but the world is aching for us to listen.
The miracle of Pentecost likely began
in the disciples listening to the heart-cries
of those gathered around them.
How many souls are silenced?
A story that’s never been told,
a song that’s never been heard all the way through.
A voice in so many languages, none of them words.
The cries from the crib of one’s soul, unheard,
can fester, become anger, become taunts.
But deep listening is good soul soil.
The cries of the oppressed are a powerful good:
they listen, and know their own song.
Neither correcting nor congratulating,
but purely listening, creating a nest
where another’s heart may shelter,
offering the gift of being tended to,
ties the thread the world is made of.
It may seem you are doing nothing,
but in your listening
the bright flame of Pentecost quietly burns.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light www.unfoldinglight.net
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