Desperately seeking silence . . .

Cool title – huh? Ok, so it’s not original. I kind of did a knock off from something I heard once. This post started out named seeking quiet – but I opted for something a little cooler. I am sitting here in my dining room on Saturday morning working on a post that I started Tuesday of this past week. Does that give you any idea how this week has gone?

For those of you that read my Blog semi-regularly – the problem that I had not being able to focus, a couple of weeks ago seem to have worked itself out. Now at times I feel almost hyper-focused – thus the problem with getting my posts done in some semblance of timely fashion. Anyway – back to today’s post. Silence, quiet, being still, stop the world and let me off – anyway you want to look at it – it means clearing away all of the noise so that you can listen instead of just hear.

For quite a few days now, when I wake up, I bask in the quiet of my house. Maybe you don’t feel this way, but when I come home at night I feel like I have so much in my head that needs attention and it is just plain loud. For those of you that have experienced this phenomenon, thank you for understanding. Anyway, when I wake up – all I can hear is quiet and I just want to stay there. Over the last couple of weeks – I have turned off talk radio (what I listen to when I am driving) because it just seemed like so much noise. There have been several nights when the TV was never turned on for more than 20 minutes at our house. A lot of the time I would read some and just listen to the quiet. What I have come to the conclusion about is that I have been listening to God as I worked through want I have been reading. It is a wonderful thing when you can hear His voice and know that He is loveing on you. That is the same feeling I was getting in the mornings – when before there was any noise, I was spending time with my Lord. Just maybe that is what it means to be still and know that He is God (is in charge, is leading the way, is supplying all our needs, loves us, knows everything, sees everything, etc.)

Enough for now – the noise has begun and the quiet is fading. Until next time – keep your eyes on Jesus and find you a quiet spot to just listen to the silence.