2 August 2005

Psalm 23 (in kikuyu)

Jehova Ngai ni we muriithi wakwa
Ndire kidu ingeaga kiega
Andiithagia kuria kwi nyaki nduru
Na mae maria mena uhuruko
Nianjoyaga ngoro yakwa yashusheka
Akandingoria na njira cia ma
Ona ingegerera mukuruini wa gikuo
Ndingitigira uuru wowothe
Tudu wina nie
Thimbo yaku na mutirima waku ni ci ngiragiriria
Niunjaragira metha mbele ya tho ciakwa
Niunjitiririe maguta mutew, gikombe giakwa nikiihuririre
Matuko makwa mothe maria ndi muoyo
Ndituraga na wega na utugi
Nangatura o nyumba ya Jehova Njikare kou tene na tene

Quiet Time- time tolisten

This is one of my favorites though I don’t know who wrote it.
Luke 10:38-42
Lord, I had asked you
To teach me…
And then I’d gone my way
I had never listened

I had sought your advice
And then I’d leaned on my own …
I had never listened.

I had yearned for your presence
And had talked on and on…
I had never listened.

Now I stop,
Silent,
Waiting,
Listening.

Now your voice
Softly,
Quietly,
Speaks,
As I listen.