Friday... But it is so hard to do, it really is.

Friday... But it is so hard to do, it really is. And we don't like to do hard stuff, do we?

Have you ever noticed how much we like noise. But you might say, no I like quiet. Ok, if that is true, why do you turn the radio on the moment you get in a car, or you walk in the house and you turn on music or the tv or your computer or pick up your phone? When we ride on an elevator, there is music. Now noise does seem to have a calming effect. It seems to keep us from dwelling on whatever it is that we are going through, whatever it is that we are facing, and whatever it is we need to do.

Now David has an interesting thought. In Psalm 62:1 (NLT), he says, "I wait quietly before God" and then verse 5, "Let all that I am wait quietly before God." But being quiet is such a difficult thing for us to do but it is also such an empowering thing to do.

Verse 1 says, "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." Verse 2, "He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken." Verse 5, "Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him." Verse 6, "He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken."

Do you know what quietness does? It allows me to really connect with God, to really hear Him speak to me, to encourage me, to direct me, which calms me and empowers me.

Now there are so many voices that want to have your attention but it is the still, small voice of God that give you hope, victory and we have to be quiet to hear it.

It is so hard to do but we need to do it. "Let all that I am wait quietly before God." He just might have something He wants to say to you!

Today is Good Friday. This would be a very good time to find a place and be quiet and really think about all that Jesus went through because He loved us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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