Tag: noise

  • Dan

    Week 12: The Affections of Christ and Silence

    This quote from Thomas Merton is incredibly wise… and hard. Do everything you can to avoid the noise and the business of men. Keep as far away as you can from the places where they gather to cheat and insult one another, to exploit one another, to laugh at one another, or to mock one another with their false gestures…

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    Clanging Cymbals

    If I speak in the tongues  of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If…

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    The noise is too great

    The noise is too great, His voice is too quiet. I dream of “God moving”, but in my own definition. I act like God isn’t speaking, but it is the noise that is on high volume. God won’t shout above the noise. He will wait patiently for me to turn it down.

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    Satan fears prayer

    The most intense battle is often the battle to GET to prayer. Once we are in prayer we don’t have much trouble. When I was at the prayer retreat this week, I had no trouble praying, quite honestly. When I go away for a silent retreat, I honestly don’t have much of a struggle. It’s getting to the place of prayer.…