Comments on: The Quieted Soul: Impressions from Psalm 131 http://pilgrimagetozion.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/the-quieted-soul-impressions-from-psalm-131/ Encouragements & Provocations for the Pilgrimage to Zion Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sclough http://pilgrimagetozion.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/the-quieted-soul-impressions-from-psalm-131/#comment-59 sclough Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:59:22 +0000 http://pilgrimagetozion.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-59 Surely a timely word. In cars, there is the omnipresent radio. In most homes there is always the radio or tv. In public places there is the radio and the tv. Even the elevators at my office have screens in them displaying trivia. It seems that this proliferation of trivial media has had the result that we seldom sit and think deeply of life. We are hurried through life with noise and distraction, reacting to the things that are pushed upon us via sounds and images and in this process rarely, if ever, consider the weighty issues of life. What a serious tool of the enemy in our day to keep us from considering what matters. I it contributes seriously to the overall shallowness of most westerners where the real issues of life are concerned. May we be encouraged to live the "fasted lifestyle" with regard to silencing our distractions that we might hear a word from above! Surely a timely word. In cars, there is the omnipresent radio. In most homes there is always the radio or tv. In public places there is the radio and the tv. Even the elevators at my office have screens in them displaying trivia. It seems that this proliferation of trivial media has had the result that we seldom sit and think deeply of life. We are hurried through life with noise and distraction, reacting to the things that are pushed upon us via sounds and images and in this process rarely, if ever, consider the weighty issues of life. What a serious tool of the enemy in our day to keep us from considering what matters. I it contributes seriously to the overall shallowness of most westerners where the real issues of life are concerned.

May we be encouraged to live the “fasted lifestyle” with regard to silencing our distractions that we might hear a word from above!

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