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"Ninure Saunders" |
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28 Jan 2005 09:13:12 AM |
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(~) What Do You Fear to Hear? |
(~) What Do You Fear to Hear?
(By Mark Phillips)
[Edited]
Of all the things our modern, electrically-powered society has destroyed,
none is so easily overlooked as "silence." A century ago, a world without
radios, televisions, CD players, pagers, and cell phones provided numerous
opportunities to be alone with one's thoughts. Today, we seem to fear
silence, afraid of what we might hear if we were forced to stop and
listen.
Five weeks ago I began an experiment: I turned off the radio in my truck
for the entire month. No music, no news, no talk. Just silence. And in
that month of silence I came to love those twenty or thirty minutes a day
without noise.
At first it was hard. In fact for the first few days I felt so unnerved by
the silence that I found myself talking out loud, even though I was the
only one there. But even those one-sided discussions usually focused on
something I was worried about or some idea I was trying to develop, so
while I may have looked strange talking to myself, the time was
productive.
As the days passed, I came to enjoy the silence, since it provided my one
chance all day to simply sit and think. I have never had much success
praying while driving, but during these days of stillness I definitely
received insights I would not have found otherwise. I think maybe I heard
what Richard Foster describes as "the divine Whisper" once or twice.
Despite His hectic schedule, Jesus often sought out solitude and silence.
His forty days in the wilderness ... just before choosing the twelve ...
after the feeding of the 5000 ... following the healing of the leper ...
before he faced the cross; in each case, Jesus intentionally withdrew to
spend time alone in prayer, solitude, and silence.
Your car may be the one sanctuary on earth where you can regularly
experience silence. But even there, you must choose silence over noise. It
might be worth a month for you to give it a try - I got so much out of it
that I'm going to continue it.
There's a lot to hear in silence. Are you willing to listen?
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
The Lord is my Shepherd and He knows I'm Gay
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