let the earth hear the words I utter!
May my discourse come down as
the rain,
my speech distill as dew.”
So begins the Song or Poem of
Moses,
which appears to foreshadow
the coming history
of the Israelites in their
land.
The song tells of a people
close to God
that strayed far from a path
of belief and faithfulness.
Moses could have delivered
his message
in a different way, but he
chose a form
that has its own rhythm and
feel.
It was almost as if words of
warning
delivered in the form of a
song
had a greater potential to
penetrate
the minds and hearts of the
people.
The opening words of the song
describe how a message can
begin to "sink in,"
Just as rain or dew soaks
into the ground
to enhance the growth of
plants,
words spoken or sung well can
offer us nourishment
that can enable us to grow in
knowledge.
We likely have our own
personal ways
in which we are inspired to
shape our words
into prose, poetry, or song
lyrics with melody.
Perhaps the ideas come to us
in the way that rain may
suddenly start to fall ‑ in an instant.
It may be a gradual process,
whereby thoughts and feelings
come together over a longer
period of time,
emerging into something new
and complete
when they are ready.
What is
most important is that we be open
to the
possibility of expressing ourselves
by singing
our own song, even if it has no melody.
Our words
voice our feelings, our opinions and our beliefs,
but,
mostly, they tell our story.
So may we,
like Moses, find new ways to convey
our own
personal narrative.
May our
creativity flow like a stream.
May new thoughts penetrate our souls
like a
soothing, cleansing rain.
And may our words, however we express
them,
nourish one
another with insight, wisdom,
comfort and
hope.
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