What does the voice of the Lord sound like? Let's allow the Bible to teach us -
“Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.” Deuteronomy 32:2
I love that verse, and we all want to speak to those we love in that way. I read a piece from a book titled Well-Springs of Truth" and he shares his thoughts on how we, as ambassadors for Christ, can illustrate it.
“Never is the deep, strong voice of man,
Or the low, sweet voice of woman,
Firmer than in the earnest but mellow tones of speech,
Richer than the richest music, which are a delight while they are heard,
Which linger still upon the ear in softened echoes,
And which, when they have ceased,
Come back to memory like the murmurs of a distant hymn.
Oh, it is very pleasant to listen to such voices,
Accordant with lofty conceptions and sweet humanities,
The soul breathings that now swell with daring imaginations,
And then sink into the gentleness of sadness or pity.
I have heard such voices,
Voices that were music from the soul and to it –
The very melody of thought,
And of thought that was the very soul of goodness.
Beautiful conceptions sang along the syllables,
Beautiful feelings came trickling from the heart in liquid tones.
Very pleasant are such voices,
Pleasant on the fragrant air of a summer’s evening,
Pleasant by the fire on a winter’s night,
pleasant in the palace,
pleasant in the shanty,
pleasant while they last, pleasant to remember even with sorrow,
when they are silent,
never again attune and sweeten the common air of earth."
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