I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of quiet
lately.For me this is especially
valuable. Generally speaking, I need noise.I turn on the television for background noise.I put on music when I am in the bathroom
getting ready in the morning.I talk
constantly.However, what I am finding
is that I need to make space for quiet in my life.I think quiet, in the right way, can be
associated with humbleness, simplicity, comfort and peace.There is nothing wrong with noise, but
sometimes I find it important to allow ourselves to just be present.I think practicing comfort in quiet will
bring my anxiety down and teach me things I do not anticipate, and I feel the
Lord’s confirmation of that to me in my prayers and devotions lately. 1 Thessalonians 4: 11 & 12: 11 and
to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own
business and work with your hands, just as we told you,12 so that your daily life may
win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on an…