Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

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Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. So speak, that I may hear. Behold, Lord, my heart is before Thee; open Thou the ears thereof, and say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. After this voice let me haste, and take hold on Thee.

Source Confessions, Book I, §4 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine in his Confessions, the soul that seeks God asks Him to say to it “I am thy salvation,” then runs after that voice to hold fast to Him. Today, take a quiet moment, turn “the ears of your heart” toward Him and simply say “Speak, that I may hear”; then write down one peaceful thought that comes to you.

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