“Oh Lord, tears well up in my eyes because again, I see how much I have cheated myself. No one cheated me, but I cheated myself. I pursued the wind thinking it had value, while all I really needed was to wait for Your voice. 

“Dear Lord, I cannot ask You to speak to me when in reality, You have been speaking but I was not listening. I have been too busy to wait in quietness for the intimate voice of God. But I am sorry, Lord. I am Your sheep. It is my right to hear Your voice. I will henceforth practice what is my right. Now I understand why You ask me to shut the door. It’s because You want me to hear You. Oh Lord, forgive me. Teach me the discipline of quietness in prayer, rather than the noisy rumblings that often characterize my prayer time. Teach me to wait quietly. 

“Your voice is the most important voice to hear…Not the voices of men. How much loss I have suffered simply because I was too busy chasing ‘life’—rather than let You guide me through life, Oh! How I need Your assuring voice. I commit to grow the discipline of listening, Lord. I will silence the storms inside and outside, so that I hear Your whispers. Help me Lord. Please help me. Amen.”