A Different Beat
There’s a quote on a plaque at St Pancras station.
No doubt Google would tell you more about it, but I thought I'd tell you what struck me, as I walked past it on Saturday.
Beyond the throb of the engines is the throbbing heart of all.
According to The Cambridge Dictionary, 'Throbbing' means ‘a strong, regular beat’.
Beyond the throb of the engines....
The plaque is placed on the floor at St Pancras, not far from where trains wait to carry people away to different destinations.
How noisy the trains are now, I can't tell (being deafened), but I do know that train engines have been/are quite loud.
The noise in that part of the station would be pretty much impossible to escape.
Perhaps a bit like noises that can surround us in life.
Pressures.
Commitments.
Stress.
Insecurity.
Anxiety.
Worry.
We drop our heads, maybe an attempt to block it all out.
And what do we see by our feet? Or we can, if we look:
Beyond the throb of the engines is the throbbing heart of all.
However loud life's noises are, there is a Voice that is louder than them all.
Voices surround me,
blurring to noise as
they compete for my attention.
Telling me
what I should be,
what I shouldn't be,
what I need,
what I don't need.
I don't know how they know,
but they seem so sure.
So confident.
They scare me.
Like wolves, they circle me,
licking their lips,
telling me if I follow them
my fear will go.
I will be what I should be,
I will have what I need.
My feet won't move.
I'm too scared.
The voices surrounding me
fade to nothing
at my Shepherd's call.
I'm safe.*
God is over all and in all (Ephesians 4:6).
Beyond the beat of the world is the strong(er) heartbeat of God.
Can you hear it.....
He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart
Isaiah 40:11