We live in a noisy world. Airplanes flying overhead, radio,TV. All kinds of media vie for our time and attention. Billboards scream at us to BUY THIS! and BELIEVE THAT!
Sitting at my desk, I can hear the mid-day news. The kids are talking in the other room. The little one is crying because I'm making her clean up a mess she made. If I turn off the TV, it's a little quieter, but not much. Reggae music thumps along from next door. The computer hums. The dog scratches on the door to be let in.
"Be still and know that I am God." That's what we've been asked to do. But, how, when the immediate noises around us demand so much attention?
I tend to live a slower life than most Americans. I purposely build down time into my life. Just watching other parents makes me tired. But it's so easy to fill the quiet time with more noise. The challenge is to be still and listen, even when the world is a raging storm around us.
Be still and know...
1 comment:
Oh I share the desire for that stillness...it is nourishment for me...He mends me, fills me, embraces me in the quietness...and yet that stillness is elusive sometimes.
I love your posts Patty...and your heart.
And I pray we can find some stillness today...
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