Saturday, June 16, 2018

Dear God,

Who can say no to the noise of life?  Who can say no to technology and the need to follow the lives of others?  Who can say no to all the clutter in the human mind and soul?  Who can say no to time with you?

Silence.  How can we know you without silencing ourselves before you?  Silence.  How can we draw close to you, find your truth and receive guidance to the various questions in life?  Silence.  How can we discover hope in despair, light in darkness and peace in chaos.  Silence.

Silence, O Lord, is not just the absence of sound.  It is making space for just you, setting aside all else for you.  It is breathing the air of mercy and letting go of all that grips us.  It is trusting, knowing you have a word for each of us every day, a word of love, of grace, of correction, of insight and wisdom.  Silence opens doors, windows, dark spaces, debris-ridden corners and every place where fears, anxieties, sin, doubt and troubles inhabit.  Silence is precious time with our creator/mother/father who comforts, directs and blesses us.  Silence.

Bless you,
O God,
for giving us silence.
Help us
not be afraid
as we enter
unfamiliar places.
Help us
trust you.
Thank you.

Love, Andrea