Still and Small Boyd K. Packer How Does the Spirit Speak to Us?

Words alone cannot convey What I'm feeling in my heart So overcome with love today Born of Spirit that imparts Its voice is not loud Tumultuous or harsh There is no thunder Just perfect mildness That is still and small Soft that it might enter Whispering truths, that help me learn, Teaching me things which I should do While piercing my soul that my heart burns As I feast on Christ's words anew Its voice is not loud Tumultuous or harsh There is no thunder Just perfect mildness That is still and small Soft that it might enter I strive and pray to understand What is being taught that I might grow As, never with a wandering hand Will living waters instantly flow Its voice is not loud Tumultuous or harsh There is no thunder Just perfect mildness That is still and small Soft that it might enter The Voice of the Spirit "The voice of the Spirit is described in the scriptures as being neither loud nor harsh, not a voice of thunder, neither a voice of great tumultuous noise, but rather as still and small, of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it can pierce even the very soul and cause the heart to burn. The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting." Boyd K. Packer How Does the Spirit Speak to Us? New Era, Feb. 2010, 3