Quiet

For the last few months we have had a lot of noise at night!  Our upstairs doesn't cool very easily with the air conditioner and so we have 2 window units and 2 fans going upstairs.  It is kind of "loud" with all of that running, but we have become accustomed to it!

Now this last week in Northwest Ohio things have cooled off.  It is very fall-like weather outside!  We love it - our favorite season.  We've opened the window and allowed the cool weather to come on in.  We have turned off the air conditioner and the fans.

This morning when I woke up, I noticed the quiet.  No hum of a fan or of the air conditioner.  Just silence.   It's almost eerie,  the silence.  In our society it is rarely ever quiet.

Rarely do people sit in silence.  Even if they are not talking there is the clicking of keys or buttons.   When was the last time you sat in silence, just listening?  Not doing anything!  Seriously, can you do it for any length of time?

As I quietly got around this morning, trying to be careful not to wake anyone my mind drifted to these questions.  Silence - am I silent before the Lord?  Do I sit at His feet in silence, just listening to what He wants to say to me?

We don't have to fear silence.  In fact we should embrace it!  If we can't stop and be quiet how can we know what the Lord has for us!

Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

If we cannot Be Still, can we truly know God and know that He is God?  Or are we putting the noise and the things around us before God?

Something to consider!