So Noisy!!

"Yesterday, O Lord, was a frantic day - of running and driving and chasing; A 24-hour blur of sights and sounds. your calm, Your still, small voice was drovned by the rumble of traffic, the boom of stereo loudspeakers, the drone of gossip, the blast of coaches' whistles, the scream of family arguments, the blare of prime-time television, the ring of telephones, the crash of locker doors, the pound of headaches that beat like bass drums. Lost in the circus of sounds, O Lord, was your golden voice that was meant to whisper your comfort as softly as a forest breeze, as softly as a kitten's purr, a child's embrace buried amidst the cacophony of noise, O Lord, was your calm assurance that was intended to come as silently as a cloud sailing the sky, as silently as a smile, a ray of light, a bird in flight. Help me today to rediscover your nearness- to quiet my sould and hear You speak, to shut out the high-decibel sounds of people and traffic and music; that i may again hear the sounds of Your silence so deep, deep within my heart."

With all the things that are going on right now...even though i spend time in the word everynight before bed...i have very little if any time to be still. I know that life is more peaceful when you trust in God. But to put something very personal on this stupid blog...i have had a lot of trouble with that lately. Its not that i have just put God aside, i make time to pray and study the word everyday...but the closeness that used to be there just isnt. And im trying, i really am.

thought for the night - i feel how a pardoned criminal probably feels toward buddies left behind in prison. you'd love for them to join you on the outside, but the bars are all they know. And they only laugh at you when you tell them that the warrant for release-the pardon-has already been signed. - S. Rickly Christian (kinda irrelevant to the blog - get over it)