Greetings
Dear Reader,
After a good
and enlightening Holy Week I return to the journey through my prayer list for
my children. Please remember that I do
not write these things as a message to anyone else but rather as a reflection
tool for my own spirit. I cannot expect
someone else to be something I am not willing to be.
When I
ponder quietness I ponder something that is very difficult for me. Silence is a howling mine to me. It draws so much from me and returns so
little. I have tried to become someone
who can embrace quiet but my mind races and distracts. Sometimes I feel it is a little bit of
madness on my part.
I do,
however, pray for my students to embrace things that are difficult for me. I know that my eldest Son can enjoy
quiet. I think that my younger Son struggles
with this as well. My Daughter loves it.
I see the
value of it and do not disavow it in any way.
It is just difficult for me. That
said I do find that stillness and simple background music in my headphones
allows me to focus quietly on reading or meditation. Evan as I write this I am enjoy the new
Jethro Tull album.
Quietness is
not a thing that I do well, but for those who do I know it is a beautiful and
amazing thing.
Wishing you
joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So
Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of
Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new
and old things from his great treasure store”
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Psalms 46:10 Tells us to .."Be still, and know that I am GOd"...
ReplyDeleteI would imagine for David that was a hard thing for him to do also. With all the pressures of the nation at hand, the battles so on an so forth. It would be hard to sit there quietly.
I think however, that is exactly why we are counciled to "Be Still and Know that I am God" our human nature is constantly trying to figure things out, God wants us to know that He is taking care of Our problems.
Thank you
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