Silent Prayers

Lord will you honor the prayers
That I can't seem to form with my lips?
Will you still recognize the words that my heart writes
By way of pen, and fingertips?

If I don't say it
Is it still technically your word?
If my heart, and my hand relay it
Doesn't it still have the power to be heard?

The woman who touched your garment
Just thought to herself, she didn't have to say
She just mixed your word in her heart with faith
And she received her healing that very same day

Sometimes it hurts so much on the inside
That I just can't find the words that I really want to say
I don't know all the words of your will as well as I might
That's why sometimes…
It may seem like the volume is broken on my praise
and the intensity of my intimacy comes forth quietly
But in those times, what my heart really desires
Is to just sit in your presence and pray, …silently

John L. Donelson
Prodigal Son Productions
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