welcome to the calm before the storm hits

more musings from otherwise boring driving time...


i'm wondering if maybe our culture doesn't know how to appreciate silence and stillness. we're very busy people...Busy is our middle name. i noticed this is myself as i was driving.

daily car routine: start car, fasten seatbelt, turn on radio/cd/ipod...then drive. listen to/sing along with said music, reach destination, park, unfasten seatbelt, turn radio off, and get out of car.
it is also customary to listen to the ipod while exercising, and play music from my computer whenever i'm doing homework.

any moment that i am still, i listen to music. and any moment that it is quiet, i am moving. i never appreciate still silence. somehow i think i am not the only one who does this...

don't get me wrong, i cherish those moments when i can be still. but i don't really seek them out. there's an awkwardness to silence and stillness. and people are usually not big fans of awkwardness.

from these observations, i wonder...just how much are we missing out on by not seeking out silence? sometimes, for me, those silent and still moments are usually times that God speaks and moves. or rather, since i'm being silent and still, i can focus on appreciating how He works. and in the moments when i am constantly moving/talking/listening to music, sometimes i push Him aside a little bit. not to say that there is anything wrong with music or communication or movement...of course not. i'm talking in circles...

i just think that i don't seek out silence, and i think part of that might be because i don't always want to listen. and i think that i don't seek out stillness, and part of that might be because i don't always want to see the Lord move. i want to turn those things around. i want to seek out silence and stillness and turn my eyes upon Jesus.
i want to enjoy the rests in life, as well as the melodies.. because it takes both to make the song.