When I Can't Speak...

When I Can’t Speak

Julie Yardley
 

Sometimes I can't say the words

Even when I desperately need to be heard

Sometimes its fear, sometimes its doubt

I feel it inside but the words won't come out

And when my emotions, get in the way

Of all of the things I'm longing to say,

God is near me.

I know He hears me

Even when I can't speak

When there isn't a voice for the blessings I seek

When it's all I can do just to whisper His name

He hears every word that I can't seem to say

He hears me, and He answers every heartfelt plea

Even when I can't speak.            

Finding the words can be hard
Saying out loud what I feel in my heart
Feelings of things, disappointment and pain
A million emotions that I can't explain
When the yearning to tell Him, burns in my chest
When it's something I just cant seem to express
God is near me
And I know He hears me
Even when I can't speak
When there isn't a voice for the blessings I seek
When it's all I can do just to whisper His name
He hears every word that I can't seem to say
He hears me, and He answers every heartfelt plea
Even when I can't speak.

He hears the sound of my voice when I have the strength
But in the quiet moments when the words aren't there
I know He hears every silent prayer,
Even when I can't speak
When there isn't a voice for the blessings I seek
When it's all I can do just to whisper His name
He hears every word that I can't seem to say
He hears me, and He answers every heartfelt plea
Even when I can't speak.