Talk to Me

"Talk to me, little one."

"But Father, I don't speak well."
I get caught up in the things I will say next, then I ramble, piecing together sentences that make sense to no one...


Then he smiled and said, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."


So with his breath in my lungs and his words in my mouth, I began. At first there was silence. My heart spoke to him from the depths of my being. What my mouth could not put into words, my soul cried and shouted. It spoke of wonderful things. It spoke of thankfulness, awe, mercy, grace, hurts, feelings of fear and doubt. Anything I felt was laid out for him to see.
Every time my heart and soul burst forth, my tongue was loosened. My mouth would spit forth a sentence. Not a paragraph, not a complete thought...just a sentence. He was helping me. He was teaching me what to say.
Maybe one day I will fearlessly speak from my mouth.

Maybe one day when he says, "Talk to me, little one."

I will.

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