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When you take the time to be truly still, how do you feel? Do you keep multiple tabs open so if one website is taking its time loading, you can be reading another one? Do you multi-task? While you are eating, do you read or watch TV?
More and more our society demands our constant activity. When I work out at the gym, I can plug my headphones in and watch TV or listen to my iPod. When I am driving, the radio plays. I have a little notebook in the console of my car to make lists on. I am rarely without my cell phone.
I crave quiet and stillness but in all honesty, rarely do I allow myself this luxury. What I need to understand is that God will not come in when it’s noisy. The Spirit wants my quiet time. The Holy One begs me to slow down and listen.
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Writing poetry also requires my silence, my listening, my opened and uncluttered mind. I love to take a walk in the park and absorb the colors, the scents, the fresh air, and make it poetry. In the spirit of stillness, spring, and digital poetry, here is an original poem movie entitled, “Come Out, Green.”
Use this button created by Leigh Anne Eck to post your Digital Poetry this month.
“Winter opens up her window to spring’s green palette.” This line resonated with me in your poem/movie, Margaret. I used to think that mulitasking was such an asset but now knowing that I must listen, I need to focus. Stillness helps me do that so thank you for the reminder.
Such a calm, joyful poem of spring. I am guilty of constant multitasking, too, and am craving stillness.
I’m loving picking out the nuggets in the posts today. “God will not come in when it’s noisy. The Spirit wants my quiet time. The Holy One begs me to slow down and listen.” Such a challenge in our supercharged society today.