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Home» An Inspirational Thought for Today » Shattered and Silent

Shattered and Silent

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Wes in An Inspirational Thought for Today

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10.

Have you ever lost grip of your mobile phone?  Have you ever danced or twirled to keep your phone from hitting the ground?  I have more times than I can count.  I like to think of myself as someone with fast reflexes, but not long ago my phone slipped and fell fatally to the ground.

evo-glass-and-phoneI did what any rational person would do.  I went immediately to a repair shop to get a replacement.  What they gave me looked like something from the dark ages; it was a lame “flip phone.”  You know the style–keypad on one side and the screen on the other.  Much like taking your SUV to the dealership for repairs and being provide a two-door subcompact as a replacement; the flip phone was completely incompatible.

This old school phone was labor intensive.  The process for placing a single letter into text messages requires multiple presses of the same button.  I tried super-abbreviation for mst wrds but with my fat fingers, it was useless.  I went from having the World Wide Web in the palm of my hand to carrying a rock in my pocket.  Being restrained by the shattered phone was so frustrating that I decided to just put it down and be silent.

Did the technical difficulties really hinder my life?  Not at all.  I came to realize that the days of quietness, while I was waiting for my replacement phone, helped the whole world slow down and gave me time to think.  It reminded me of how fast paced life is and how much I was neglecting to rest and reflect on life.  It helped me get back to a routine of setting time aside to commune with God in quietness and listen to Him like I once did.

I encourage you to make a habit of spending time in prayer before you check your phone for messages in the morning, and silence it when you sit for dinner.  Without the insertion of a crisis or a shattered phone into your life, where can you adjust your schedule to be still and encounter God?  Maybe this is the perfect moment to stop and decide.

Blessings,
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08-18-13, An Inspirational Thought for Today, Shattered and Silent

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wes headshotWes Anderson has more than 30 years of full-time pastoral ministry experience. He has been serving as volunteer Chaplain to the Chula Vista Police Department since 2008 and with the Citizens’ Adversity Support Team responding to crisis and trauma since 2006.

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