Quietness

I’ve been thinking about being quiet before God.

God desires to talk with us in the quietness of our own heart through His Spirit, who is in us. Though often it’s hard to quiet our own hearts in order to hear him.

“When I first listen to my heart, what I often hear is the language and clatter of my old ‘lovers’ and not much else. There seems to be no stillness or rest. If I try to hold still, my hearts reacts like a

feather in the afternoon breeze,
flitting from place to

place without purpose or direction…

Theologians refer to this condition as ‘ontonological lightness,’ the reality that when I stop ‘doing’ and simply listen to my heart, I am not anchored to anything substantive. I become aware that my very identity is synonymous with activity” (Sacred Romance, p.163).

John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

If I am not abiding in Jesus, then where is it that I abide?
Where do I go in my head when I am tired or anxious?

John 15, The Message

If you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon.

Jesus is saying, “I have made my home in you, Betsy. But you still have other comforters you go to. You must learn to make your home in me.”

Hmmmm…..I think that is key.

I’m still musing – please share your thoughts!!