Praying for "the answer for my tongue"

Proverbs 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

approaching the petrified heart
© 7-28-10 hannah mclean

how do i approach the deaf ear;
the eyes with vision blocked by brick-laid walls
piled high from decades of objection?
how do i stand before the scoffing mouth;
the heart that lays petrified from years in arid deserts
surviving through adaption in the blazing sun?

and yet, You have prepared the way before me
building bridges across the vast ravine
that separates this one from You
You have opened the door to the very core
of who and where they are
and i feel Your pressing
moving me to walk through

Father, i have given You my lips
a submitted mouth
willing to go to whom You send me
willing to speak what You command

pour forth Your words of truth
in love
You promise the answer for my tongue
lead with the rod and with the staff
in wisdom
which You promise to abundantly provide

Lord, what do i say to the one who waits
with expectation to be crushed
as the brittle foundation they've settled upon
teeters precariously with every passing breeze?
how do i approach the one who cowers fearfully
behind all that they cling to
coping instead of hoping?

Spirit, fill me
move through and in me
and i will do whatever You wish
knowing this:
only You can penetrate the petrified heart