live love.

i wrote this during pastor davidson’s message tonight.
he was talking about being there for one another, about supporting those who are weak, those who are in need. he mentioned a silent scream and that got me thinking and i grabbed a half piece of paper and started writing this:

they’re falling, failing, and fearing
they’re broken and crying for help
desperate for someone
for one who will hear them and be by their side

can you hear them?
do you hear their silent screams?
it grows louder, their silently screaming, it grows louder
why can’t we hear them?
why don’t we hear them?

when we fall we count on them
yet they fall and we ignore them
we just failed so they’d better be there
but now they’ve failed and we’d rather be anywhere else but there

why don’t we hear them?
i know that we can
so loudly they scream, they silently scream
for help, in need, of love, for just one to be there
to stand by their side

so plastic, so fake, we force them to muffle their cries
and so silently they will scream
if only they could scream with all they are
if only they could make known their hurt and not be afraid
if only they could know it was safe to scream
safe to be real. safe to scream.
let’s melt this plastic for real.

remind them, point them, lead them to the One
the One who always hears, the One who is always there
He loves them more than they can know
but will we hear them?
will we lead them to the One?
the One who is Jesus
the One whose burden is light and will always hear
He hears their cries
listen, listen, listen for their silent screams
don’t let them go unheard
you too may need to scream
no more silent screams. no more silent screams.

this christian community was meant to be one that is safe.
one where we can all scream out loud and not suppress our needs with silence or a show. let’s melt this plastic for real. i got a lot of work to do on both sides of this.
too often i ignore the silent screams or am a cause of the silent scream.
too often i suppress my scream with silence and try to live on my own.
i need to learn to be absolutely dependent on God.
i got a long ways to go…

–
live love.
live love with reckless abandon.
hold nothing back.

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