I surround myself with friends and family. I LOVE my friends and family. Sometimes I will talk with them late into the night. I speak words to them, they speak words to me.
With my new job and all the activities I have involved myself in recently, I have suddenly felt the desperate need to retreat to quiet.
I love my Quiet.
And when I am without it...I feel it ever so much.
qui·et
- free, or comparatively free, from noise.
- free from disturbance or tumult; tranquil; peaceful.
- being at rest.
- making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable.
- free from disturbing thoughts, emotions, etc.; mentally peaceful.
- not showy or obtrusive; subdued.
- not busy or active.
I have a friend who is NOT quiet. In fact, she does not have a quiet bone in her body! Even when no words are necessary OR appropriate, she is noisy and rather annoying for anyone who is around her. It isn't necessarily the words she speaks, but the turbulence of her spirit.
One of my favorite scriptures that has been highlighted in my Bible for many years is part of: Isaiah 30:15. It says:
"...in quietness and trust is your strength."
To me that means exactly what it says. So it got me to thinking about all of the "spiritual" words and phrases that people use. "Filler" words and phrases - especially while they are praying and it really grates on me.
Go back to quiet.
We don't need words to fill in the silent blanks. In fact, those silent blanks are precisely where our strength comes from! It doesn't come from figuring out the "right" formula of words or phrases or "anointed" praise and worship (whatever that means.)
....but it comes from quietness
....and there is no other way you can slice it. You may say "that's just not my personality." It's NOT about your personality. It's about the silence that allows you to focus on the unseen. It's about not allowing your thoughts to be crowded out with so much noise.
When you are in a noisy room, you can't hear me talking to you. But when we are alone and you are not speaking, you can hear me.
Go into your cone of silence. Just be quiet.
Be quiet and get strong.
Shhhhh!
ReplyDeleteThis is funny....I am feeling this too! I was at a tourist shop this weekend with my family and I got sick of the yakin...and went and sat down by myself...in order to be quiet....and this lady followed me and plopped herself down and...you got it..started yakin!! We are evolving!! We don't need the fillers so much! It feels GOOD!!
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