A Gentle Thunder
by
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Once there was a man
who dared God to speak.
“Burn the bush like you
did for Moses, God. And
I will follow.”
“Collapse the walls like
you did for Joshua, God.
And I will
fight.”
“Still the waves like
you did on Galilee, God.
And I will listen.”
And so the man sat by a
bush, near a wall, close
to the sea and
waited for God to speak.
And God heard the man,
so God answered.
He sent fire, not for a
bush, but for a church.
He brought down a wall,
not of brick, but of
sin.
He stilled a storm, not
of the sea, but of the
soul.
And God waited for the
man to respond.
And he waited...
And he waited...
And waited.
But because the man was
looking at bushes, not
hearts; bricks and
not lives; seas and not
souls, he decided that
God had done
nothing.
Finally he looked to God
and asked, “Have you
lost your power?”
And God looked at him
and said, “Have you lost
your hearing?”
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