I recently saw a sign like the one you see in this post and thought... "traffic calming eh?" I would give anything to see a sign that says, "people calming ahead" or "thoughts calming ahead" in my day to day travel time.
I imagine if I saw a sign that read, "people calming ahead" I would want to live there. I would pull up to the place where I was to feel calm and just PARK THERE for a few hours a day.
I imagine that I would see thousands of others who also longed for an escape from the daily cares of life. (okay so don't start visualizing too much with me here... with thousands of people there's bound to be noise... and NOT a calming effect at all... my point is, that I'm sure thousands, perhaps millions also long for a place they can go to feel free from their worries and the daily stresses of life.)
The busier I become and the more I add to my plate, the more desperate I find myself for the quiet times in Christ.
After reviewing my trusty online scripture source - I found the word "calm" is located six times in the King James Version of the Bible. Two of these times, the article "a" is found before the word "calm" making it a noun.
These scriptures are:
Psalm 107:29 - He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
In this verse, the word calm is defined with the word, "whisper".
Jonah 1:11 and Jonah 1:12 mentions the word "calm" - in these verses "calm" is referring to being silent or being quiet.
I suppose the last definition is greatly in line with what I am craving right about now in my life... SILENCE. Quietness with Christ.
Based solely on these definitions: "being silent and being quiet" - it sounds to me like being calm is a CHOICE we must make in our day to day travel time - or daily walk with Christ.
I think once we take time to be silent, God whispers into our lives and we feel a calm that seems to wash away all of our worries.
Thanks God for showing me the importance of being quiet in your presence. I want to hear when You whisper.
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