A Quiet Place
Read: Psalm 46:1-11
In grade school I never got very good marks in citizenship. Looking
over old report cards, I find the same comment year-after-year,
teacher-after-teacher: "TALKS TOO MUCH!" And unfortunately,
that is still a fault of mine. The surprising thing is that another
part of me needs - indeed craves - quiet. The best hour of my day is
the hour I get up early for when there is no radio or TV, and I can
sit with my coffee and write in my journal, read the Bible, or just
BE!
One of my favorite Psalms is #46, especially verse 10: "Be
still, and know that I am God!" In the ever increasing chaos and
noisiness of our world - bombarded with cell phones, I-pads, TV
streaming - it seems to me we are all becoming addicted to constant
contact and distraction. We are becoming a people who cannot be alone
with our selves - our own thoughts, our own feelings. Silence seems
to offend us, to scare us.
But it is only in silence that we can hear God, that we can discern
HIS plans, HIS desires for us, HIS words. And also find the peace and
centering that are available to us as children of God, no matter what
is happening in the world around us.
Shirley Irena Murray wrote these words for a hymn in "The Faith
We Sing":
"Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we
lead,
find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:
Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see
all the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be."
find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:
Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see
all the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be."
Noelle Landin
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