Friday, October 27, 2017

Heather Jephcott writes



Do NOT Rush!

Do not rush! 
The need is to learn to go slowly, gently,
the whole journey is worth careful attention, 
don't try to skip quickly to the end.

This message came, 
loud and clear,
an answer to, "How O Lord?" 
The spirit of "rushing" needed to disappear.

Moving at a balanced pace, 
slowly, gently,
needing to learn again 
the speed of grace.

In many places, most of time 
the spirit of rushing has become
the spirit of this age 
where full force ahead, fast and charging
is used 
no matter the occasion,
or the situation.

The soft, quiet voice is not heard, 
only a noisy annoyance,
destroying our sense of peace, 
of soft, graceful, gentleness.

Taking on this ugly spirit, hastily we try, 
pushing others to hurry up,
as balls of bustle 
we encourage others to feel
the same urgency that coats our air, 
leading them into a spirit of fear.

Our zooming 
can become trampling,
stampeding with our orders, 
with our desires.

Do not rush! 
The need is to learn to go slowly, gently,
the whole journey is worth careful attention, 
don't try to skip quickly to the end.

This message came, 
loud and clear,
an answer to, "How O Lord?" 
The spirit of "rushing" needed to disappear.

 

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