So busyness has started for me. This week I have officially started working 20 hours a week with my parents and in less than a week that will be coupled with 15 hours of school work and interning duties at First Baptist Church. Needless to say I am going to be on the go from about 8 until about 6 pretty much every day.
It seems that through the hustle and bustle of my life, I always have to compromise things. One thing that I have found easy to compromise is silence. I realized how accustomed I have become to noise in my life: TV, radio, ipod, computer, talking, xbox. In fact, if I am sitting in a silent room I always feel awkward and always want to interject noise that I deem necessary. (On a side note, this drives my sweet fiance crazy because she is very content with sitting in silence while I always feel the need to fill it).
What is truly disappointing is the fact that within all of this noise, is the voice of God, and I often tune out the voice of God to listen to other ultimately meaningless noise. In the 46 Psalm, we are commanded by the Lord to "Be still and know I am God". I am never still. I never even give myself the chance to be still. It's honestly one my biggest struggles. But as the psalmist writes, God desires us to be still. Because honestly sometimes God does not always speak through lightning bolts, thunder and big events. Sometimes He speaks in a still, soft whisper. And I don't want to miss Him when He whispers.
-DBM
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