Are You Listening

God speaks to us, if we listen.
Do we wait for His still small voice?
Are we careful to open our hearts and ears—
A simple but definite choice?

Do we spend time each day in His presence
Sharing our hopes and our dreams;
Or call on Him just in an hour of need
As a final resort, so it seems?

What act would it take in our busy lives
To listen and heed His word--
To end chaos as it surrounds us--
To be healed – pure and free as a bird?

He tells us to give Him our burdens
To place on Him all of our cares
He promises to always be with us
And He listens to each small despair.

Is our prayer life considerably lacking?
Do we ever take time just for Him?
Or do we go through each day self indulgent
Concerned with our personal whims?

Until the next tragedy happens
Until life falls apart at the seams
Then suddenly we call Him to help us,
"Please save us," we urgently scream.

But what if our God didn't listen?
If He treated us as we do Him
Listening only when He chose to listen.
How different our lives would be then!

If He spoke when it was convenient
If spared us a short space in time
To share just a few precious moments
Of HIS personal life so sublime.

If He chose to bestow all His blessings
Just when it was found opportune
On a haphazardly personal basis
Selectively did He attune.

But God IS our constant companion
He listens and answers our prayers
He speaks to us if we just listen
For He is a Father who cares.