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Silence
From the Taize Community, community in France that welcomes over 5,000 young people every week to help them find meaning in life through trust in Christ.

This morning I came across one of their songs entitled, "Trust in the Lord, Oh my soul!" In that 5 minutes and 13 seconds, my soul was refreshed and revived. I realize what joy there is in taking times of silence to meet with our Savior. So often, even our so called "Quiet Times" are filled to the brim with clutter. Silence is something I try to value (though I don't practice nearly enough). The practice of silence is something Christians have been practicing for years, but was lost for a while. There is a resurgence happening among conservative Christians to rediscover the ancient practices of meditation and solitude and silence.

This is from the Taize community website:
"When we try to express communion with God in words, our minds quickly come up short. But, in the depths of our being, through the Holy Spirit, Christ is praying far more than we imagine.
Although God never stops trying to communicate with us, this is never in order to impose. The voice of God is often heard only in a whisper, in a breath of silence. Remaining in silence in God’s presence, open to the Holy Spirit, is already prayer.
The road to contemplation is not one of achieving inner silence at all costs by following some technique that creates a kind of emptiness within. If, instead, with a childlike trust we let Christ pray silently within us, then one day we shall discover that the depths of our being are inhabited by a Presence."

posted by Kevin @ 10:50 AM