Have you ever stopped to realize just how loud it is in our world? Even as I type this, I’m listening to one of my favorite artists, Jamie Cullum on iTunes. Seriously, everywhere I go there is noise. Talk Radio, cars, trains, planes, construction, people…everywhere you turn – NOISE!
My tolerance for peace and quiet must be at an all time low as I can’t turn my brain off. If I’m watching television, I’m working on my Mac; if I’m in the car, I’m on the phone; if I’m in the shower, I’m thinking of all I need to do; if I wake up in the middle of the night, my brain kicks onto overdrive. We are busy, loud, planning, thinking, over-thinking people…I think.
Maybe you struggle, as I do, to turn your brain off. My mind never stops. Vacation; gargling with Scope, you name it. I must think all the time because of my fear of not getting something done right, or disappointing somebody, or not performing up to my standard. At times I wonder if it’s my standard or a standard I assume others have for me. My mind constantly turns over and over today, tomorrow, next month, next year. I create noise in between my ears, even when it’s somewhat quiet around me.
I am now convinced (after almost 50 years) that thinking, over-thinking, worrying and analyzing is way overrated. I often think I do so as a way of controlling my little world. Well how’s that working for me? It’s still loud in here, Dude! I’m not really in charge of my world. I must learn to stop the constant barrage of thought and fret. I must choose to believe Psalm 46:10 and stop thinking from time to time and just find a little quiet rest in my brain, as small as it may be.
May you choose to join me, as we allow the ultimate thinker to think for us and through us in some peace and quiet found only in Him.
How good it is to be still and know that He is God and I am not.
Peace, Chuck
