The Surprising Rewards Of Silence

Why are we afraid to be quiet before God?

Ever stop to think why nothing is so loud as silence? When the board meeting goes quiet we play with our pens, shuffle paper—anything to disturb the silence. When there is a long pause during testimony time, we shift in our pews or flip the pages of our Bible. Rarely does our Day Timer have an entry that reads "time to be still." Even our time