{"id":417,"date":"2011-09-12T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-09-10T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T21:00:28","slug":"prayer-and-c-s-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/prayer-and-c-s-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer and C.S. Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“<\/em><\/span>“Master, they say that when I seem<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To be in speech with you,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Since you make no replies, it’s all a dream<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

-One talker aping two.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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They are half right, but not as they<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine; rather, I<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Seek in myself the things I meant to say,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And lo! the wells are dry.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThen, seeing me empty,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You forsake the Listener\u2019s role,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And through my dead lips breathe and into utterance\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wake the thoughts I never knew.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nAnd thus you neither need reply nor can;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thus, while we seem two talking,\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thou art One forever, and I<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

No dreamer, but thy dream.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n