God wants to speak to me. I'm often too busy to really listen. It's difficult to hear His still small voice speaking to me when my world is full of noise and distraction (internal and external). It is only when I begin to turn off the sounds (turn off the radio, turn off the cell phone, turn off the computer...) that my mind begins to slow down. The internal voices drift off and I am left with the pure sound of silence. I pray that my heart and mind will be open to hear God's calling.
"Silence is the first language of God; all else is a poor translation." ~ Thomas Merton
He said: "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord,for the Lord is about to pass by." Now there was a great wind,so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence—and then there came a voice to him that said, "What are you doing here Elijah?" —I Kings: 19:11-13
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There are many things that make for a noisy inside. Listening is a thing not always understood in our culture.
I have also noticed that silence is very uncomfortable for many people...that makes listening hard sometimes.
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