The sound of silence
The action today in the Love Life Live Lent series was to ‘spend five minutes in silence at 12 noon’. Now this sort of prescriptive action can be quite difficult to achieve in the fast paced world we have today, when time is often not our own.
So, where was I at noon today? Well, sadly – I was on my way to the supermarket to do the weekly shopping with one of my girls. Although I had not wanted to be doing this today, it was the only time this weekend that we could fit this in.
The five minutes at noon that I spent driving, I also spent thinking. Thinking about the suffering that Jesus went through on this day. Thinking about the suffering that is in the world today. Thinking about the suffering that some people I know – are suffering today.
I find it harder and harder to have the time to sit back and take time to really think about the bigger picture. Life is just so busy and so hectic! So, it was really nice to make myself think for a few minutes about the bigger things in life. The trick to carry forward, is to keep making the time………
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