I find myself longing for moments of silence, of quiet solitude, this past week. My soul is hungry for it … that time with God beyond the rush, the to-do's, the needs of everyone and everything around me. My soul is hungry. Starving even.
But the girls need to be picked up from school in 15 minutes. They need help with their homework. Jayden needs to be picked up too. And the horses cared for (Jewel is still sorta gimpy). Papers need to be filled out, the house picked up (sometimes it feels like I mean that literally!), family fed, graduations attended, mail sorted … and here I am, longing for silence, for God, for a breath amidst it all.
Ruth Haley Barton says, "The process of establishing a way of life that is rich and responsive to the needs of body and soul is led by leaders who are willing to face their own human situation, to … work form what's real rather than what they wish was real. " She also says, "It is not up in the heavens or across the ocean. It is right here - in this body, in this soul, in this set of circumstances. This is where you will discover the will of God." And to discover it, we need those moments of silence, of solitude, of being quiet before God. That is the rhythm I'm longing for today. Are you longing too?
What if we just did it? What if we found our silent time however we could find it? What if we grabbed it like the precious gem, the precious gift that it is. What if we did not hesitate, delay, press on … what if NOW was the moment?
I dare you. I dare me …
SILENCE
Silently, so silently,
In the silence of night,
I hear the call to silence
As busyness takes flight.
Listen to the silent voice
That beckons in my soul,
Calling me to quietness
So God can make me whole.
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