The Sounds of Silence

I have found that I have increasingly grown fond of silence. No longer do I immediately turn on the radio when I enter my car, or the television when I enter the house. I find myself feeling thankful when I come home after a long day and nothing but silence greets me, or when I wake early and quietly slip out of bed eager to greet the morning in silence. I linger there listening for whispers or echos from a distance. I often hear the train whistle as it crosses the nearest roadway, or the trash truck clammering down the street. It's comforting and I am reminded of places and things outside of myself. It is here that God whispers to me and I am most overjoyed because the silence allows me to hear him so clearly.

Our lives are so full of "noise". Noise that goes far beyond the crying of the babies, horns honking, music blaring etc... We create volumes of noise within ourselves (worry, to-do-lists, etc..) that more then fill our ears and successfully distract us from hearing the whispers and the echos and the sounds of silence, and worst of all God's voice.

Let's Turn Down the Volume!!!!!!!