I was standing in the laundry room rebooting my laundry, moving the laundry from the washer to the dryer, having no conscious thought, just working automatically, when the refrigerator shut off. Silence. Isn’t it funny that you never notice the refrigerator running until it shuts off?
I seldom have silence.
Usually the first thing I do when I walk in the door is turn on the TV. When I get up in the morning, I turn on the TV and the computer. Driving down the road, I have the radio or a CD playing. The kitchen TV has news on while I cook supper and do the dishes.
There is nothing wrong with watching the news and weather, keeping informed with what is going on in the world. It’s okay to check email, read the latest in the Internet, share words of encouragement and wisdom with friends.
However I wonder if we have lost the discipline of silence. Are we afraid of our thoughts? If we had a few free minutes of every day to think, what would we think about?
Psalms 4:4 says “Meditate upon your bed and be still.” Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.” Mark 4:39, Jesus said, “Peace, be still.”
We don’t have to wait till the middle of the night to be quiet. Find a place of perfect stillness, even if it is only within your own soul. In the midst of the storms of life, those people who have found stillness, quietness, peace with the Lord, will enter the place of rest.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He (the Lord, the Most High) will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge.” Psalms 91:1, 4.
The Lord’s peace like a feather pillow will surround you with perfect stillness.