This Piece of Time

"Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."  1 John 3:18 If being quiet didn't kill me in January, limiting screens was going to give it a go in February.  Who's idea was this anyway?? As I thought through this month, it quickly occurred to me that my use of screens is directly related to my addiction to noise.  This is most obvious when I find myself scrolling through my phone as I listen to the person sitting across from me.  I lie to myself (and everyone else) saying I can do it all, but they know better.  They feel my disconnect.   Not only have my children spoken the words..... "She's always on her phone" but I have begun to feel the disconnect myself.  I cannot ask of them what I am not will to do myself. It doesn't matter how boring the playground drama or how little I understand of the Star War theories.  My lack of Minecraft knowledge doesn't excuse my distraction.  Little thin...

"Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him."  Psalm 62:5 January challenged me to Embrace Quiet.  I'll give you a moment to stifle your laughter.   Quiet and I don't get along.  My life is not quiet.  My brain is not quiet.  My mouth is certainly not quiet! In college, I avoided the library at all costs.  I studied in the lounge with all the chaos possible.  My grades may or may not have reflected such choices.   Needless to say, this month tested me. Coming out of Christmas, we enter one of my busiest months at work and two birthdays in our house. I realized quickly that even when my surroundings are finally still, I am anything quiet.  My body can rest, but mind and spirit are always spinning.  Planning, solving, rehashing, digesting.... I don't stop.  Ever.  There are times when the radio is off for most of the day and I drive around completely oblivious.  I can't hear the sile...