Today has been so quiet with the kids away. I am not used to quiet. My days are surrounded with some kind of noise, children playing, dishwasher going, CD player going with music,.....always some kind of noise. Some noises are great, some are good and some..........well not so good, when the kids are grumpy are bickering. Today, faced with quiet.........it astounded me just how quiet.............quiet really is. I actually, missed the noise. Life is weird like that...........you think you would just love things to be quiet but when it is.....you miss the noise.
Then tonight I went to church to pray. It was wonderful, meeting God there and hearing the voices of prayer and praise and love for the Lord among my church family. It was like music..........a melody rising to the the Father. It was beautiful. God.............He loves our noise...........He said to make a joyful noise. Maybe that is what quiet is about. Maybe it's about, being still and listening to the quiet at times so you can hear the joy in the noise.
My prayer is, that my "noise" will always be nice to the Father and He will not think......."I wish she'd just be quiet". Lord, help my words be a melody, my prayers be a song and my praise be beautiful to you. Help me not just make empty noise that has no purpose. Let my words and actions be pleasant in all that I do and may I learn that there are times to Be still and quiet and wait......and times to make melody with prayer and praise. Help me never forget to be quiet before You, so that I can listen for YOUR voice.
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