I have tried writing posts the last few weeks,
and have ended up deleting them all.
I use words all the time.
Using words to talk about God
and life
and faith
is what I do.
And then,
usually at the end of a long run of preaching and teaching,
my words dry up.
And I need to be very quiet
until I get filled back up again,
by the one who is
the Word.
In my life, I am discovering that this need for silence
applies to the written word
as well as the spoken.
So, I just have this for you today.
A little nugget I read yesterday about
how to raise brilliant children:
"E.O. Wilson, the biologist, says we're drowning in information and starved for wisdom."
Isn't that the truest thing you have ever read?
Add to that this concept from William James,
who said:
"Wisdom is knowing what to overlook,"
and we have some real insight on how to manage
the barrage of words and thought and information
that blows into our lives on a daily basis.
What do you need to begin to overlook in order to be wise?
Where do you go for wisdom, rather than mere information?
How many of the words that you listen to
or read
each day
are just junk food for your mind? Your heart?
Where can you find words that feed your soul?
And, like me,
when do you need to be quiet
and let some well-planned silence
do its
mysterious work?