We live in such an age of chatter and distraction.
Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes.
Rebecca Pidgeon
So many things clamor at us. Our devices break into our day with electronic insistence, shouting their messages. But there is really no urgency, just distraction. If our goal is to lay down distraction and lift our eyes to God, we need silence.
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‘We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence.’
Mother Teresa
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“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10 NIV
Or,
“Step out of the traffic! Take a long,
loving look at me, your High God,
above politics, above everything.”
Psalm 46:10 Message
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Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption.
It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Yet noise is the easiest distraction to deal with. All those gadgets have a simple-to-use OFF button.
You have the power. What keeps you from using it?
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Disconnect from everything long enough
to see if it feeds your soul or if it’s a distraction.
What’s deeply connected will always remain.
Maryam Hasnaa
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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough
for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
Bill Hybels