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September 5, 2009

Lord, I know too much

Lord, I know too much.


I pour my heart out to you


in other people’s words


because I know them


but my own heart


I know not.


I am filled


with facts,


quotations,


commentaries


and books about prayer.


Where does this knowledge end


and my faith begin?


I am afraid


that when my knowledge


is stripped away


by illness or death


there will be nothing left.


Lord,


please drive out


the books


from this temple


as you once cleared


another Temple.


Fill this heart


with your Glory,


so I can know you.

William E. Rushman, January 1998

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