Shhh…
Learning to listen is challenging.
I still need to learn to be keenly aware of the gentle whisper inside of me. It’s the voice that always seeks to guide me on the right path, care for me and protect me. It’s the Voice of Truth.
I notice that I can be out of touch with this voice not only during moments of negative emotional upheavals, but also when I feel giddy, excited, and overly exuberant.
But when I am in tuned with this voice, I feel an undercurrent of peace and serenity. I can remain calm even in the midst of disoderliness, chaos, stress, extreme excitement, gushing emotions and profuse emotional stimulation.
I see that the only way I can be in sync with this voice is when I am detached from the clamor of other voices crowding in my head, vying for my attention. These other voices promise the wide, smooth road to pain-free immediate happiness, quick success, the open arms of a new ‘lover’, instant gratification, and magic solutions to relationships. But the Voice of Truth reveals them for what they truly are: voices of deception echoing false promises.
When I find myself drowned out by deceptive voices in and around me, I must then quiet myself and seek out the Voice of Truth within. At first it’s difficult to hear, so gentle is the One who possesses it. At times I pretend I don’t hear Him, wanting to follow the easy way of falsehood.
But when I earnestly and sincerely call out to Him, the clearer I hear His voice, the more I am keenly aware of His whisperings, "My peace I give you. My peace I leave with you. Not as the world gives it do I give it to you…"
Peace, serenity and lasting love.
I am ready to listen.
"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
