Silence

I have a challange for you today. Spend some time in silence. No not prayer - silence. Challange yourself to sit in the stillness of silence. Notice your thoughts. Listen to the sounds around you. Many things will happen when you try this. First you will begin to notice a few of the 60,000 thoughts that go through you mind each day. Just notice them and what they are telling you about life and see if they have any bearing on how you live and view your life. Second you may find yourself feeling restless and anxious. This is because there are not many of us that actually sit down in silence to allow things to just be. We tell ourselves that we must keep moving and going, so to be still seems hard. Third, as your thoughts begin to quiet down and silence becomes more "normal" you may hear and feel the gentle quiet whisper of God.

Then he was told, "Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by."
A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn't to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn't in the earthquake; and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn't in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.

I Kings 19:11-12

It has been said that the one and only voice of God is silence. The Psalms say to "be still and know that I am God." God is not in the big huge events of our lives. God is in the stillness and the silence. This is where we can hear and feel and sense the living power of God. Do not let the silence scare you off, embrace it and listen. Prayer is more than just offering our request to God and hoping they will be answered like we desire. Prayer is about sitting in the presence of God and listening to that still small voice that comes by way of Holy Spirit.

So today find some time to just be still and quiet. Take yourself about 20 minutes and listen to yourself and to God. Make it a practice in your life, this practice of silence. You will watch yourself become more patient, kind, loving, caring, and confident. Why? You will begin to notice your thoughts and you begin to match them to God's thoughts. When we change the way we think about things, things change. Read Phillipians 4:8 and then sit in silence and notice how many of your thoughts are not on those things. Practice thinking new things and "behold all things will be made new."

Namaste'