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## 4:4
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> Search Your Heart And Be Still
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>> Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.
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Occasion: When I'm angry with someone I love
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Lord, I am angry,
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and the person I am angry with
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is someone I love.
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That makes it harder, not easier.
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I keep rehearsing what happened,
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what was said,
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what should have been said.
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In every version I am right,
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and every argument ends with me vindicated.
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But I know better.
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Because -- what if I'm wrong?
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What if some of what stings
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is mine to own, not theirs to answer for?
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Be with me before I speak again.
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Show me clearly what is true here,
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and what is only my pride talking.
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Keep me from words
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that would feel good for a few seconds
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and hurt for years.
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I do not ask You to make me less honest.
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I ask You to make my honesty loving.
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Let me be still long enough
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to remember all that this person means to me.
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Amen. |