Quietness

I am such a believer in quietness. We each need a time and a place where we can walk away from the noise and commotion of everyday life and be quiet.

My quiet time is early morning. I have my place on our front porch. It is there I have my comfy chair, my scriptures, journals and pens, my tablet that connects me to the Ensign, and Conference talks and other such places on the internet.

Here it is that I pray, study, write, and meditate. Here I get to know myself and connect to God. It is a special time for me. My well-being depends on it.

I love the story told in the Presidents of the Church study manual about President Spencer W. Kimball, chapter 3.  President Kimball had had three heart attacks in a two week period. He arranged to go to New Mexico to recuperate among his Navajo friends. One morning they discovered he was gone - his bed was empty. By 10 a.m. they begin to worry and went to search for him.

They found him several miles away sitting under a pine tree. He told them "Five years ago today I was called to be an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I just wanted to spend the day with Him whose witness I am."

I feel that way about my quiet time. It is my time with the Lord.

Take time to be holy, speak oft with the Lord.

Abide in Him always, and feed on His word.

Make friends of God's children, Help those who are weak.

Forgetting in nothing His blessings to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on,

Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.

By looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be

Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

Take time to be holy, let him be thy Guide,

And run not before Him, whatever betide.

In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord 

And, looking to Jesus still trust in His word.

Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul. 

Each thought and each motive beneath His control. 

Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love

Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

"Have you heard the wonderful silence just before dawn?"

Quiet is peace…

Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor 

in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice 

and not less it drown in the noise of others.

Listen to silence. It has so much to say.

In quietness the soul expands.

Reverence is more than just quietly sitting. 

It’s thinking of Father above. 

A feeling I get when I think of His blessings. 

I’m reverent for reverence is love. 

When I’m reverent it shows in my words and my deeds,

The pathway to follow is clear. 

And when I am reverent I know in my heart 

Heavenly Father and Jesus are near.