Silence Speaks

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I have chosen to leave the radio off (no sports talk radio) in the car in an effort to spend more quiet time with the Lord. The value of silence is amazing and frightening. Speaking of the value of this "spiritual discipline", Dallas Willard writes that silence cuts us off from this world and "leaves only us and God". Willard points out the frightening aspects of silence with a question and an observation. First, he asks, "What if there turns out to be very little to just us and God?" Then Willard challenges us to think about what it says about the inward emptiness of our lives if we must always have noise. Yes, silence speaks. Silence reveals. Silence critiques the quality of our relationship with God.