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In Search Of Silence
October 2, 2011

My next record should be 45 minutes of silence,” said singer Meg Hutchinson, “because that’s what we’re missing most in society.”

Silence is indeed hard to find. Cities are notoriously noisy due to the high concentration of traffic and people. There seems to be no escape from loud music, loud machines, and loud voices. But the kind of noise that endangers our spiritual well-being is not the noise we can’t escape but the noise we invite into our lives. Some of us use noise as a way of shutting out loneliness: voices of TV and radio personalities give us the illusion of companionship. Some of us use it as a way of shutting out our own thoughts: other voices and opinions keep us from having to think for ourselves. Some of us use noise as a way of shutting out the voice of God: constant chatter, even when we’re talking about God, keeps us from hearing what God has to say.

But Jesus, even during His busiest times, made a point of seeking out places of solitude where He could carry on a conversation with God (Mark 1:35). Even if we can’t find a place that is perfectly quiet, we need to find a place to quiet our souls (Ps. 131:2), a place where God has our full attention.

For Further Study
For more on this topic, read the online booklet
Mary & Martha: Balancing Life’s Priorities
at www.discoveryseries.org/hp021

Don’t let the noise of the world
keep you from hearing the voice of the Lord.

Read: Mark 1:35-45

I have calmed and quieted my soul. —Psalm 131:2

Bible in a year:
Isaiah 14-16; Ephesians 5:1-16

[MEG33]

Good Sunday Morning

"Don’t let the noise of the world
keep you from hearing the voice of the Lord."

Thank you, Rus, for bringing us Our Daily Bread so faithfully.
Wishing you a blessed Lord's Day

[geologist]

Years ago I read an exercise by Eric (Erickson). It suggested, for a person to sit in a room with all white walls and nothing else. A chair to sit on, no sound, no radio, TV, Ipad, book, stimulation of any kind, no writing masterials, no paints, no food to eat, or gum to chew. etc... and see where our mind goes. ...

Try it for 15 minutes, sitting still.

Amazing how we distract our mind.
with all the continual stimulus.
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Isaiah 26:3 KIng James 2000 Bible (©2003)
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.”