Thursday 1:
Psalm 62
Noise is the norm
in our lives.
The television is
in constant monologue with us. Our kids crank up the CD with the latest from
Nelly or Britney. The computer ‘dings’ the announcement of another e-mail. The
cell phone rings, chimes, chirps, tunes, or vibrates another interruption in
our already harried day.
And we rarely
notice the noise . . .
Until someone turns it off!!!
The writer of
this song of confidence challenges us to wait in silence for God, and our
immediate response is, “Right! When? Where? How?”
Well, why not
right now?
Wherever you are,
turn off the noise - the machines, the kids, the spouse, the stress; turn off
the questions of when and where and how; turn off the fears of what silence
might do to (or for) you
and just wait
in silence
10 seconds, 30, a
minute or more
just wait
for God.
Prayer:
Silence is not
normal for us, O God, yet it is in this unknown territory that we find you
waiting - for us, to speak to us, to be with us. Help us to wait, as well, for
you in silence. Amen.