Quiet isn't the absence of noise
I bet you could almost guess what my "Q" List would hold this morning. There were a variety of possibilities, such as quickness to respond to God's voice and leading, or possibly the quality of time and energies you expend toward the things God desires. I chose just one word to focus on this morning: Quietness. For most of us, this comes as a bit of a hard thing because we are used to "noise" in our lives. We are inundated with all kinds of things which add background and foreground noise. Background noise is there, almost unnoticed, until it is gone. Foreground noise is evident, with it even getting our attention in the here and now. Yet noise is just that - noise. Noise is really something which just confuses the clarity of that which is really trying to come through! So, as we focus this morning on our Q-List, let's begin by thinking about the things which are really "just there" creating confusion in our lives - things whic...