Noise

Our lives are filled with too much noise.
It's a simple concept to grasp. Sometimes the voice of God is blocked out by all the noise we surround ourselves with.

I'm a multimedia major so I always use media in many different forms. I often have to spend many hours on the internet for required schoolwork. Regardless, there is still a point where the amount of noise we fill our lives with is unacceptable. The actual sources of the noise are not intrinsically bad, but when they begin to replace the time we need to grow in our relationship with the Lord, they do become bad.

In fact, "noise" is not always "sound" either. Many times, it is, but noise is anything we fill our heads with. How many times is it awkward for us to just literally sit in silence? When we pray, we usually talk to God, ask for things, pray for help, thank Him. Maybe we read the Bible or reflect in a journal. All of this is very good, but why is it so hard to just sit and try and listen to what God has to tell us? And if we try this, why do we expect a booming voice within one minute? We don't hear it and then decide...Well, I'll just read the Bible. But technically speaking, though God may speak to you through the Bible, the purpose for reading the Bible in this situation is to fill our heads with something, when maybe God wants us to empty our minds and have nothing, a space that HE can fill.

Thoughts to ponder...