tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868721548415180363.post4416996550696864713..comments2021-10-12T03:53:50.190-07:00Comments on ACTS TWO SIX: The Spiritual Disciplines and the Risky Art of Cave Diving: "Silence": ReduxAxTwoSix by Chris Huffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12656665388806618818noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868721548415180363.post-81594547809061440782013-07-17T18:11:49.278-07:002013-07-17T18:11:49.278-07:00Oh, Kevin I sure can relate. Stress and circumsta...Oh, Kevin I sure can relate. Stress and circumstances which rob me of my peace and too much THINKING. Ah, but as you say, as trust in Him grows stronger and stronger this weak human finds her weakness replaced by His strength. His peace is like no other!Martha L Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398572765833805360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868721548415180363.post-47114076026079458062013-07-17T16:56:07.412-07:002013-07-17T16:56:07.412-07:00It took me quite a while to become comfortable wit...It took me quite a while to become comfortable with silence. My mind is constantly busy. It hates a vacuum and rapidly seeks to fill it with anything it can find. One of the benefits of my graduate training in counseling was to learn to be comfortable with silence, not feel the need to fill it immediately. But I still find that when I have not had cause to practice silence for a while I become uncomfortable with it again and have to work at relaxing into it.<br /><br />Quietness of the soul has been an unexpected gift of the huge changes in my life over the past few years. I have been forced to trust God in ways that I had not learned to do before. That trust has led to a peace in most circumstances that is far greater than anything I had before. I have gained a better understanding of Jesus' instruction in Matthew 6:25 to not worry about my life. While it is not yet free from stress, it is far more free from worry and is much more peaceful.Carlondrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177002392219379153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868721548415180363.post-38727748632638171792013-07-17T12:32:48.807-07:002013-07-17T12:32:48.807-07:00Ah, the silence of a soul open to the working of t...Ah, the silence of a soul open to the working of the Holy Spirit and able to simply be when all around us are on a quest to simply do . . . that special silence which calms us and separates spiritually from a noisy world. Once we find our way to experiencing THAT silence, we are blessed indeed! Brother Lawrence wrote of it. Watchman Nee in The Release of the Spirit writes of it. It is so life-giving!Martha L Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398572765833805360noreply@blogger.com