Silence is Golden.

Scripture: "Be still and know that I am God."

Years ago when I was growing up, I remember my family telling me things like, "silence is golden" and "children should be seen and not heard." This always bothered me because I have always thought I had something to contribute even at an early age. Then, years later I learned "people don't care what you know until they know that you care." This was also hard for me because I know that I care but am usually not perceived as caring until someoe gets to know me.

When I was in Bible college 30 years ago, I was in the college choir and when we performed we always had a time to give our testimonies. A number of times I gave my testimony and sited "Be still and know that I am God." It got to be a joke in the choir that Bruce was going to give the same testimony again. I liked giving my testimony and it never occurred to me how others in the choir waw perceiving it. I look back on it and it was pretty funny.

Well some silence my be golden, and we do need to still long enough to hear God when He speaks to us, but there comes a time when the voice of silence needs to be broken and I guess that is what I am doing here. ;-)

It has been a while since I have felt the leading of God to share in this blog. I can' really tell you all why, except that somehow the enemy had convinced me that my words had little value. I know that is not true but the business of my life over the past 6 months, buying a house, moving , taking care of "emergencies" have preoccupied me.

The love in the body of Christ always brings one back. That is also the case here. A brother in Christ in our readership loved me enough to encourage me and I thank him for that. I also thank our Lord for the love in the body of Christ that we have here in this blog.

Prayer:
Thank you Lord Jesus for uniting us in this place, giving us a place to encourage one another every day. Continue to bless all our readers and fill them with your grace and peace. Amen.