SITTING IN SILENCE TOGETHER

Sitting in Silence Together

Sitting in silence together

We shared our aching hearts

She with her unanswered questions

And me, knowing not how to start.

I wanted to comfort and love her

And she needed comfort and love

But I knew that what she was needing

Could only be sent from above.

I prayed to be His willing vessel

His hands and His feet on this Earth

But how do you speak to the grieving

Who'd lost what she'd found at that birth?

I searched for correct words to give her

I fumbled for just the right touch

I just needed to make her feel better

But my human words didn't help much.

And then I heard the Lord say to me:

Just be and I will do

Just let her know she's not alone

And I will work through you.

And so I sat there, silent

And let HIm speak through me

Let Him touch her like I could not

And see what she only could see.

Sometimes it's best to do nothing

Sometimes it's good to be quiet

Sometimes just to be present is loving

And shines like the sun in the night.

And so we sat in the silence

Grieving and asking our whys

And though I had no counsel to give her

She thanked me with love in her eyes.

©by Voo

  10:25 p.m.

Oct 8, 2013

Leslie, R.I.P. darling

You're with your daddy now

and whole

Dance With My Father
by Luther Vandross