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affirming, gentle, healing, love, resilience, safe, silent listening, surprise, The Sophia Center for Spirituality, true, voice, Word made flesh, words
I read the following reflection this morning and thought it a good start for the day and a worthy companion all the day long.
O Word Made Flesh, stand guard at the gate of my mouth. Be my voice this day that the words I speak will be healing, affirming, true and gentle. Give me wisdom to think before I speak. Bless the words in me that are waiting to be spoken. Live and abide in my words so that others will feel safe in my presence. Surprise me with words that have come from you. Oh, place my words in the kiln of your heart that they may be enduring and strong, tempered and seasoned with love and resilience. Give me a well-trained tongue that has been borne out of silent listening in the sanctuary of my heart. May my words become love in the lives of others. (Macrina Wiederkehr)
The Sophia Center for Spirituality 
Let us remember those remarkable words, “silent listening, silent listening.”