silence.
It’s unnerving, isn’t it? Scary, even. Makes us feel awkward and frustrated. Silence leaves us stranded, empty. We feel as though we’ve lost something, so we try to fill it to ease our discomfort.
The thing is, we have so much to gain in the silence.
Even when it feels like God has abandoned us.
1 Kings 19:11-12 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks 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 still small voice.
A still, small voice.
One that can only be heard in the silence.
Take some time this week to just be silent. Yes, even in the midst of homework and tests and papers. Turn off your iPod, close facebook, shut the TV off, put your phone away and listen. It won’t be easy, but you just might catch that little whisper that God has been longing for you to hear.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” ~Psalm 46:10
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