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Fear and Anxiety · Day 173

When Your Words Get Stuck Before You Say Them

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.” And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
Exodus 4:10–12 · BSB

Some people rehearse a sentence three or four times before saying it out loud, and then let the moment pass without saying it at all. If that sounds familiar, you may have quietly decided that faith belongs to other people: the ones who speak up easily, pray out loud without notes and seem at home in every room.

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