{"id":4060,"date":"2012-03-08T00:41:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2012-03-08T00:41:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T00:41:08","slug":"one-soft-and-certain-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/03\/one-soft-and-certain-voice.html","title":{"rendered":"One Soft and Certain Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/03\/OneSoftandCertainVoice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4061\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/03\/OneSoftandCertainVoice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I feel as though I am at<br \/>\neveryone&#8217;s beck and call.<br \/>\nI am surrounded<br \/>\nby a chorus of needs<br \/>\nand I cannot hear myself anymore.<br \/>\nI cannot hear You.<\/p>\n<p>I want to give to my family,<br \/>\nto my friends, to my coworkers.<br \/>\nBut there is only so much of me.<br \/>\nPlease burst through the crowd.<br \/>\nQuiet the cacophony.<br \/>\nMake Your voice the only one I hear.<\/p>\n<p>Show me the needs of my loved ones<br \/>\nand tell me how to help.<br \/>\nShow me my own needs<br \/>\nand teach me how to protect them.<br \/>\nShow me how to support my friends and family<br \/>\nwithout always saying &#8220;yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And when I lie down at the end of the day,<br \/>\nplease bring me the satisfaction of knowing<br \/>\nI had a day of good choices,<br \/>\nenabling me to come closer to being the woman I want to be<br \/>\nfor myself, for my loved ones, and for You.<\/p>\n<p><em>Abigail Wurdeman, <a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\" target=\"_blank\">Prayables<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel as though I am at everyone&#8217;s beck and call. 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