When the world tells us
We are what we do
With our activity, acumen or achievement;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.
When the world tells us
We are what we do with
Our spending power or our power of speech;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.
When the world tells us
To drown the silent sufferings of others
With indifference or noise
Or forget the art of stillness even in the storm;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.
When the world tells us
To rush in where angels fear to tread;
Let us learn
That angels listen first
Before they take a step
For the voice of God is in the silence.
Trying to trace source – appeared in a church magazine without a credit.
4 Comments
john mansfield
January 16, 2011 at 5:27 pmA very helpful post Tony! May God help us to listen and to hear!
Tony
January 25, 2011 at 1:02 amThanks, John. God bless, Tony
Ruth
June 2, 2023 at 12:17 pmThis is from a book published by the Iona Community:
https://www.ionabooks.com/product/the-pattern-of-our-days-downloadable-book/
Tony
June 2, 2023 at 12:57 pmThis is really helpful, Ruth. I love Iona material. Thank you for this. Can you kindly give me the page number and the date of publication? I thought I had looked through my copy and couldn’t see it. I am wondering if it is a later publication. Grateful. Tony