Just listen...how long did the silence last?
I am willing to bet that it was less than a minute, and for those with kids, less than 10 seconds. For me, I am truly blessed (although it took me years to see things that way). I have pretty severe hearing loss so I get to hear a silence you can only dream of any time I want. Being hard of hearing, I have to spend a lot of focused time on listening. I have to. If I don't then I am bound to be lost, call you the wrong name, or do something really inappropriate like apologize for the death of your goldfish when you really asked me to give to Make a Wish.
Israel, like most people today, had a big problem: they never stopped to listen. Truthfully neither did I until I started losing my hearing. Then I realized how important listening was. Time and again Israel was told by God to listen to Him and his commands. Time and again, Israel would listen briefly and then get distracted by something shiny (like a golden calf).
Pretty much it was spiritual ADD. Now while ADD is an established mental disorder and a real disability for millions of people, I'm making reference to how many of us follow Israel's lead and divide our time between 20 different things and never find the time to just stop and listen. To our spouse. To our kids. To our God.
This weekend take some time to heed the warning of Psalm 81, and stop to listen. You just might find that the silence you hear helps to silence your worries.
- submitted by Nolan Davis
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