The Utterance

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." Acts 2:4 (NIV)

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I have stood in rooms with nothing to say, certain the silence was proof I had nothing worth offering.

I measured my usefulness by my own eloquence, and often found it lacking.

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But the words at Pentecost were never the disciples' own eloquence. They were Your gift, utterance given in the exact moment it was needed, in languages the speakers had never studied.

You do not need my vocabulary to say what needs saying.

I called my inadequacy disqualifying.

It was You, waiting for me to stop relying on my own words so You could give me Yours.

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Forgive me for measuring my usefulness by my own fluency.

You supply the utterance.

I only supply the willingness to open my mouth.

Spirit who enables, give me the words I do not have on my own.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for utterance that is Yours to give, not mine to produce.

Thank You for speaking through inadequate mouths.

Give me the words today that I do not have. Amen.

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