Noise

I am sitting here on Thanksgiving morning in my silent house.  Everyone is still asleep and it is so quiet.  So unlike how it will be in an hour or so.  I have been up and read my Bible and some other things I am reading, and I am so thankful for this quiet time.

This week in Sunday School we listened to Rob Bell talk about noise in our lives.  We are surrounded by noise, both auditory and visual, 24/7.  It takes a profound and sustained effort to create quiet in our lives.  And it is in this quiet that God speaks.  Have you found your quiet spot?  What are you doing to get yourself in a position to hear God?  What small change can you make to begin a habit that will lead to quiet?

1 Kings 19

¹¹ The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." 

      Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. ¹²After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.(Some translators say the idea here is "silence.") ¹³When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. 
      Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

In this holiday time it is especially easy to get lost in the "noise."  Make finding some quiet time a priority during this season.