listen

When the electricity went out recently, I was impressed with how quiet it was.  We live with continual background noise. Indoors we have the sounds of heating and air-conditioning units, washers and dryers, tv's, computers, telephones, computers, gaming vonsoles, answer machines, stereos, and kids.  Outdoors are leaf-blowers, snow-blowers, trains, airplanes, birds, animals, sirens, cars and cell phones.

We have all kinds of noise inside our heads, too.  Past tapes, what others have said and done, things we have done or told ourselves.  And what about the noise our hearts make? They laugh, cry, remember, and talk to us too!

I don't think of myself as somebody who leads a fast-paced, jet-set life.  That is until I notice how long it takes me to relax and unwind.   Getting quiet doesn't happen quickly  for me.  Sometimes I even have to consciously work at it.  Even David, songwriter extraordinaire, wise warrior, and anointed King of Israel, needed to be reminded by God to "Be still, and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)

It's a noisy world.  And we all need a quiet place in the midst of all the noise.  A safe place, where we can BE STILL, and hear the Lord.  He very much wants to tell us how much he loves us, and how unique and special we are to him.

Ask him to help you find a safe place, a place where you can go and listen to the quiet.  Thank God he provides places for us, whether inside our mind and heart, or in a physical spot. Journey there and see what wonderful surprises Jesus has planned to share with you in this brand new day of Today that you've never seen before.

-sally i kennedy