August 9, 2020

Be still and know that I am God. Silence is sacred. Silence
speaks the language of the soul and is the foundation of all life
and eternity itself. Silence takes us beyond the limits of our
minds and allows us to seek and to love the essence of all love,
perfect love, and being. In silence, we can be non-verbally
present to things and to God in ways that words cannot
accomplish. We can discover, encounter, and be present to
truths that our minds struggle to conceive and then set aside
the boxes we put around things when comprehending them is
challenging. We can know the unknowable and touch eternity
when we encounter the core silence in our souls.
We can do this even on a noisy street and in the midst of the
greatest distraction. Once we have made friends with silence,
the rambling noise of the world no longer seems to matter,
and we can carry a deep forgiving peace within us, even when
physical silence cannot be found. We know that we are loved,
cared for, sustained, nourished, embraced, and carried. There
is nothing to fear in silence, and I can be present to myself in
the same way that God is present to me. I can see myself as
God sees me. All of my faults, weaknesses, imperfections,
failings, and sinfulness melt away in the abundance of God’s
mercy. All of the worldly things we see as being important no
longer are.
It is in silence that all of the barriers that divide us disappear.
There is no more “yours” and “mine” but only the oneness of
“ours.” There is no longer a need to “figure things out,” and we
tap into our desire to simply let things be. Silence is creative
and powerful and gives us hope. Silence is God’s greatest
blessing. God became one with humanity in silence. It allows
us to be one with all of creation, with the moon and the stars
and all of the creatures God has made. The smallest particle of
creation radiates with beauty. Silence allows us to soar beyond
ourselves and connect in ways that the mind can only imagine.
When all is quiet, we begin to see that it is only our fear that
keeps us from the Lord. It is our fear that causes us to sink and
to fail. We can hear the gentle whisper that tells us to reach for
God’s hand. We discover that we yearn for the salvation and
wholeness that only God can give to us. Be still my soul and be
at peace. ©LPi