Silence.

I am perfectly okay with silence. For me, there is nothing awkward about it. It is in silence that the LORD speaks truth into my life. It is in silence that the most loving glances are exchanged. It is in silence that I reflect on the beauty of my Savior. It is in silence that my heart is calmed. It is in silence that things begin to make more sense.

Silence doesn't have to be total and perpetual quiet...silence is stillness...it is being alright to just sit for a moment...to pause the world around us and just listen. Sometimes, we have been seeking an answer for a long time and God has been trying to give it to us for just as long...we have just been too busy and loud and crowded and claustrophobic to be able to recognize His sovereignty.

Lately, things have been just speeding by at the speed of light...it is so difficult to be able to realize what is actually going on and how those things affect our perceptions. You know when you've been sitting for a long time, just waiting to hear what the LORD has to say, and it seems like clarity never comes? Maybe we have just been conditioned to believe that our answers come from sources other than our fellowship with Christ. He is the Source. The end. Done. He is waiting for you to just stop and listen. Don't pass Him by like you would a homeless person in a big city...don't place Him on so high a pedestal that you think there is no way He would ever want to care for you...don't read Him your grocery list of prayer requests and then bolt out of there to get on to that movie you're about to watch...don't try to preach to Him about the injustices around you.

He knows. He created you. He just wants you to want to spend time with Him. Don't think that you always have to be talking or singing or writing or reading in order to do that. He wants you to walk down the hallway and just worship Him with no words...He wants you to just sit in awe of Him...He wants you to look up at the stars of the heavens and be thankful. The hectic nature of our society has poisoned us. Just let Him rejoice over you with singing...let Him dance over you...be still and know that He is God.