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Silence speaks louder than words - 8/06/09 |
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In our 24/7 news driven media have you noticed how loud life has become. I remember as a child hating Sunday's thinking them boring, nothing to to and all day to do it. No TV or radio nothing! Now such a day seems bliss. Turning on the TV to catch up on how the European elections went there was a little comment on the Scottish element of the show that the results would not be finalised till Monday as the Island constituency didn';t count on a Sunday. I know many see the sabbath observance as an out of date, old fashioned irrelevance today but I wonder. In this clear pause in the week they have time for each other, or community, for God in a way that is only a memory to most. In our rush for modernity have we lost something? Consumerism is the new idol worshipped by many Sunday is another day to go to their temples and make their offerings of time and money and in return get some stuff that will some be out of fashion, soon need to be replaced - is it worth it? In the Old Testament the law and the sacrifice system was a temporary salve to the sore of sin (yes another old fashioned word and concept - perhaps we'll think about that another day) continually having to be reapplied. IN the New Testament we have a new covenant in Christ made once and for all and for always. We would do well to pause and ponder, are we living in the freedom of Christ or under the yoke of new idols. But to ask the question hopes that someone is taking time to think and so take stock and in the silence hear a quiet whisper, the word of the Spirit perhaps hinting that we should slow down you move to fast!!
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