{"id":737,"date":"2006-01-05T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-05T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2006\/01\/the-sound-of-the-soul-1.html"},"modified":"2006-01-05T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-05T22:41:00","slug":"the-sound-of-the-soul-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2006\/01\/the-sound-of-the-soul-1.html","title":{"rendered":"The Sound of the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sound of the soul<br \/>At the speed of light<br \/>Passed through my brain<br \/>And into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Stifling silence<br \/>Sensing the sigh<br \/>Feeling the longing<br \/>Wanting to cry.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of the soul,<br \/>Like a get away train<br \/>Doppler effect<br \/>Plaintive refrain.<\/p>\n<p>Listening intently<br \/>Longing to know<br \/>Who am I really?<br \/>And does it show?<\/p>\n<p>The sound of the soul<br \/>Like a voice in a well<br \/>Echoing always<br \/>Clear as a bell.<\/p>\n<p>Tuning the instrument<br \/>Assessing the tone<br \/>Looking for harmony<br \/>Searching alone.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of the soul<br \/>Out of the depths<br \/>Heart cry towards heaven<br \/>Wordless precepts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy him we cry Abba\u2026<br \/>Groaning within<br \/>Awaiting adoption<br \/>Release from all sin\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Spirit assists us<br \/>With sighs double deep<br \/>Interceding with Abba<br \/>My soul to keep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 7, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound of the soulAt the speed of lightPassed through my brainAnd into the night. 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The sound of the soulLike a voice in a wellEchoing alwaysClear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Sound of the Soul - The Bible and Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2006\/01\/the-sound-of-the-soul-1.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Sound of the Soul - The Bible and Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The sound of the soulAt the speed of lightPassed through my brainAnd into the night. 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