Hobthrush Island, off Lindisfarne
Where will you find silence?
Today, we in the West are so beset by noise, that many of us find it difficult to embrace silence - and yet it can be true balm to the soul. This poem is written, hoping to encourage readers to think about taking time out at home, finding a church close to the workplace to enjoy the peace of the building or going further, the possibility of making a Retreat - even just a short one - to explore the realm of silence and let it reach into you and speak to your relationship with your God. Or, perhaps for some, even to begin a relationship with God. May you be filled with the courage for exploration as you read!
Embracing
Silence
I am about to escape
into silence,
to be released briefly
from
this clamorous world
that seeks to
suffocate
the bliss of the
absence of noise.
Will you, my God,
meet me in the
stillness?
Will you be there,
waiting,
simply to allow me to be,
alongside you?
Will You use the mantle
of silence
to draw me,
to open me
to past, present and
future
in the way you alone
are able?
Help me yield my whole
being.
That, in the deep
vault of stillness,
You can gather it to
yourself
and weave it seamlessly
into the warp and weft
of eternity
in whichever way you
desire.
Whilst contemplating a time of silence, you might like to pursue the idea further in the poem Deep Silence or just taking a short time to reflect wit the Jesus Prayer Illustrated
Whilst contemplating a time of silence, you might like to pursue the idea further in the poem Deep Silence or just taking a short time to reflect wit the Jesus Prayer Illustrated
