I’m with you on the times of quietness. I am more open to hear from God’s Word and get a clear understanding of my situations when i don’t have eighty different things entering my ears.

Thanks for commenting!

Would like to see you expound on it a little further, but it generally brings the point across. I once heard, somewhere, from someone long since lost to me in this world of ephemeral and momentary connections, that we all too often look to fill our moments of silence with music, TV, the internet, whatever, all in a subconscious attempt to fill the void we felt before we can to this world. Whether that is ultimately true or not isn’t really pertinent to this conversation, but I do feel that we use music to fill our moments of silence way too often.

For example, often, I have found, it’s those quiet moments when I’m more susceptible to impressions from the spirit, insights into things I should be doing. However, when we replace those moments of silence when we can listen to the spirit with a cacophony of iTunes or TV or something else blaring in our ear, then those silent moments are replaced with distractions to the true purpose of life – finding Christ.

How can we find Christ if we’re constantly listening to music, watching inane TV shows and listening to pundits blather on about this or that crisis? The obvious reason for all these media outlets is one of distraction…distracting us from this ultimate goal and rather replacing Christ with temporary distractions (idols).

Thanks for your thoughts.