Tag: Quiet
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Just Five Minutes
(I wrote this this last fall, when my husband was hospitalized with COVID for nearly a month. I find I still need the reminders to slow down. Maybe you do, too.) I set the breakfast table for one. The house is quiet, except for the gentle ticking of the grandfather clock. The sound tiptoes across…
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The Silence Thief
Guard yourself from him who takes, He who steals – the silence breaks, Quiet moments he destroys. Sound and racket he employs. Blasts your days with deaf’ning noise. Where he treads, the quiet shakes. Priceless gifts of peace and rest, Costly stillness which is blessed, He thieves treasures, please beware! Chase God’s quiet and HIS…
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Silence Please
I walked into the woods today, God’s will and heart to find. I poured my worries on the way. Searched Him for rest of mind. ~ As quiet came and stillness neared, My racing thoughts He eased. My doubting soul and all I feared Were ushered into peace. ~ As voices in my head…
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Patience
Now wait my soul, Don’t rush ahead. Your God will keep All that He said ~ While all seems dark, While silence stands, He is not far. You’re in His hands. ~ So wait my soul. Don’t fret and fear. Be still and know Your God is near.
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By Streams of Water
Today I left familiar paths And walked down by the lake. There sat in silence on a bench. Watched wind cold waters break. As waves crashed ruthless on the beach, My eyes drifted along. I noticed there a quiet tree. Her trunk was bent, but strong. The earth around her held her tight, While waves…
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Where I Learned to Walk
We arrived at my parents’ home after a long day of traveling almost half way across the world. This morning I grabbed my camera and headed out the door before the sun was up. The crisp morning greeted me and a familiar stillness over these fields and woods invited me to pay close attention to…
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Provisions
The tiniest of creature You see. You are intimately acquainted with its way. You speak through Your creation. You show Your ways through brilliant glimpses. In my quiet search for You, I find peace and rest. In my wonder about Your creation, I gain wisdom and understanding. In my faithful observing, I find Your miracles…
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Peace and Quiet
The house is quiet. The seconds drip out of the clock into my ears. I remember my grandmother’s clock – and different seconds ticking away. Slower ones made their way across a quiet table, set for two. Time for quiet. Time for silence – Only the dripping of seconds. I don’t remember what was said…
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Awareness
Awareness … of the sound of the ice breaking and snow crunching beneath my feet … Awareness … of my heartbeat drumming in unison with the pace of my walk … Awareness … of my breath, visible only for a short second … Awareness … of the sunbeam breaking through the clouds … light having…
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Silence
The house is quiet. The seconds drip out of the clock into my ears. I remember my grandmother’s clock – and different seconds ticking away. Slower ones made their way across a quiet table, set for two. Time for quiet. Time for silence – Only the dripping of seconds. I don’t remember what was said…
Heidi Viars 