Blessed Quietness

I was out working in my flowerbed the other day. It was good to be outside getting my hands in dirt, hearing the birds sing their merry tunes and enjoy a refreshing breeze every now and then as I worked under the warm sun. What blessed quietness to be home, to leave the phone behind, to meditate on the Scripture and bring my cares to the Lord.

My thoughts went to a time some years ago when the Lord pulled me away from friends and all the drama of a social-buzzing life. It was a time of healing and restoration - perhaps the sweetest time of life for me to be taken to the side to learn of Him, to walk with Him, to know Him as never before - away from everything and everyone. It was sweet times in the garden of talking with my dad, learning from him as he shared the meditations of his heart, and Bible truths relating to the farmer and gardening; and the value of 1 Thess.4:11 "study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands."

Fellowship with others, and especially the saints is precious, but how I love the refreshing moments of drawing away from all the goings on - be it the phone, news, or the latest happenings that tend towards gossip that only bring our spirits down and oftentimes hurt others. Now, like my dad, I often find myself drawing away from everything for those refreshing moments of meditating on the Word, taking my cares and the burdens of others to the Lord in prayer, and being strengthened in spirit as I work with my hands and mind my own business. This is blessed quietness.