Aug 16.99: Light For The Day - "The Water Of Your Teaching"

"Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path."
-- Psalm 119:105 (RSV)

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"The Water Of Your Teaching"

Good Jesu, the water of your teaching
flows in silence. 

Your gospel is not poured into our ears by
an eloquent tongue,
but is breathed into our hearts by
Your sweet spirit. 

Your voice never strains nor shouts. 
You do not force us to hear you. 
You ask only that we open our hearts to You,
and in tranquillity your love enters our souls.

-- Aelfred Of Rievaulx

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"Great peace have those who love thy law; 
nothing can make them stumble."
-- Psalms 119:165 (RSV) 

"For the commandment is a lamp and
the teaching a light, and the reproofs
of discipline are the way of life."
-- Proverbs 6:23 (RSV)