Noise vs. Sound...

Sitting in my office this morning, I am thinking about the world of noise in which we live. Noise is all around us - a fact that is most often, but not always, lost on us. I sat here doing work for a couple hours and then, in a moment of pause, I realized how much noise was happening. Constant, unchanging notes coming from the sanctuary as the piano tuner did his thing. Thumping coming from upstairs, staying with the beat of the music I could hear playing through the ceiling. The hum of the water fountain and the copier, rising and slowing. The occasional sound of feet walking around. Mighty to Save playing through my own speakers... All of it joining together to create noise.

But each sound has its own source, its own reason for "sounding." It just takes listening to filter through the "noise" to identify each unique "sound." I think of how hearing God is so much of the same. Noise is all around us. The noise of busy lives, distractions, and self get in the way of hearing that one unique sound we are all searching for - God's voice. 

The thing about us as humans is that we become desensitized pretty well, and pretty quickly. Noise surrounds us but, for the most part, we don't even realize it is happening. It is when we find one sound above the rest grabbing our attention that we finally realize. 

If we only took time each day to listen, really listen. If we only allowed our hearts to more readily be "grabbed" by that one sound we are desperate to hear. We then could separate that sound from the rest of the noise and live in a way that reflects his heart beat. All because we have heard his voice.

"...that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life..." Deuteronomy 30.20

...

Lesson for Today: A "normal" day is one of those simple joys in life, I think.