Communication

Well it has been quite some time since I have done a post. I haven't been sure that I wanted to start this up again, but decided that I needed to do just that.

This communication thing seems to be getting out of hand for me. I started this blogging thing first then got into Facebook to see if I could keep up with what relatives and friends were doing. That was a good thing, at least at first, but I soon discovered that I couldn't relate to all that was being said there. Now they want me to get into Twitter, which at this point I don't intend to do. In our world today we seem to be communication crazy. We seem to need to be "connected" to someone all the time. And by the way, some folks' talking is so fast I can't understand a lot of what is being said. I said once that "you talk fast and I listen slow," and that can make for a problem.

And I heard again yesterday some statistics about how much some people text message one another. Those stats are not only hard for me to comprehend, but to understand as well. Does anyone have time for silence and solitude anymore? If we're not texting, Facebooking, or Twittering we have loud music playing somewhere near, or in our ears, maybe at the same time.

I'm finding that when I get into one or more of the above communication things that I have more difficulty in being able to really communicate with God. True communication with God requires silence, meditation, and opening ones' self to the Spirit of God. It means listening as well as talking. Do we really know how to listen to anyone these days, let alone God? I'm speaking for myself here, but I suspect that others may have the same problem.

Sometimes God allows things to happen in our lives that make us slow down and listen to what He has to say. That has happened to me, has it to you? Someone has said that "silence is golden." Perhaps we all should "go for the gold" more often. Your comments are welcome.

Pilgrim on the way