The Desert Fathers (and Mothers) believed that Silence was one of the safest ways to God. They believed that our words often got us into more trouble than we bargained for, and so remaining silent was a discipline worth pursuing. One of these Desert Father, Arsenius remarked:
"I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having remained silent."
Wow, how true are those words!? Remember that time that you blurted out those words and immediately started to regret them?
The writer of Ecclesiastes also knew that there was an appropriate time to be silent and a time to speak (Ecclesiastes 3).
Lent is one of those seasons, where we are trying to pay attention to the voice of God. In tuning into the words of the Spirit, we will need to practice holding our tongues at times.
Thought: How easy/hard is this for you to do?
Living in Grace
D3LM3
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