Soul Sounding
Soul Sounding
I have felt my soul
Solid
Within me
Lighten,
Ascend
Into God’s focus
Into communion
That all my spirit and being
Be known by Him…
Thus, often I have heard
My soul to coo, to whisper,
To resounging sing “Alleluia!”
But
Many battles have come
So my soul shouted — imploring —
Though wordless, more
— like a fledging’s shrieks
And
In many hours of weakness
I have Felt and Heard my soul’s
g r o a n i n g
that all-being, transcening,
supplicating weeping
Always answered by ABBA’s strengthening
Enfolding.
Then
In this extreme physical pain,
In this recent onslaught of unknowns new
that finds me weak and meek
facing giants who claim rule over my limbs,..
Yesterday,..
Twice
As they were treating me,
I heard my soul — low and constant —
g r o w l i n g
About which I had to seek biblical reference,
because in anger, growling is sinful.
Tho, I say truly and newly within
My soul’s so sounding there was the comforting
No words could speak.
Was the interior presence and noticed warmth
Of a kind of Mother Lioness
Shielding
Which i actually envisioned while I heard
and felt the gutteral sounds;
While I heard people there in the room
say, “Buck-up, Sally. Hush!”
About which I did feel quick anger,
For i could not have been trying any harder
With my tried and weakened strength;
Trying to keep my body still —
All my remaining efforts being spent in prayer,
Repeating, “Lord, have mercy.”
There was in fact
Comfort
Coming
Like a blanket, covering.
My soul’s defending, guarding, audibly
— Growling —
(Interior notes-of my mothering God,
newly known, as never before, consciously within me)
Lion of Judah…Beckoned Lioness
Over the soul, Christ within…
I heard growl…
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(c) sally you ng eslinger 3/18/23
Thanks be to God,,. ****
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