tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post3433988273849972703..comments2023-08-16T07:10:46.456-07:00Comments on The Quiet Protest: Some Words on SilenceKen Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03161121731160400592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-68515011404562637502010-10-15T14:33:22.117-07:002010-10-15T14:33:22.117-07:00This week in "My Utmost," Oswald Chambe...This week in "My Utmost," Oswald Chambers wrote on the silence of God based on John 11:6 "when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed two more days." <br /><br />God is definitely at work in the silence. I'm convinced that the life of the Patriarchs is proof of this. Isaac waited 20 years for the twins to be born. Abraham waited 25 for Isaac. II Peter 3:9Bill Lamkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983668052290385723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-91752517334985241852010-10-06T08:03:37.170-07:002010-10-06T08:03:37.170-07:00I don't like it when God is silent and I have ...I don't like it when God is silent and I have to wait (and be silent). That's where I am now. Day by day sometimes hour by hour. Maddening really. A song that pulls me out of my pity party is "I Can Only Imagine" sung various ways by various people, but the words strike my heart like a guitar player strumming with their eyes closed. Taking me to a frame of mind that takes me from this world to a place where I can imagine what it will be like to see His face. Well...Thanks for listening and blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-77188735931145045262010-10-05T16:21:22.760-07:002010-10-05T16:21:22.760-07:00Ah, well, I have something to say about lacking wo...Ah, well, I have something to say about lacking words and your book that you haven't written on in weeks. <br /><br />You must write every, every, every, single-solitary day. Okay? (Six out of seven is okay, too, but writing only five out of seven simply will not do.)<br /><br />I'm learning this lesson myself. It's a very hard one to learn, at least for me. <br /><br />If you don't write every day, the muse will never show up. If you write every day (really write, really fulfill a word quota), the muse may not show up, but at least she will know where to find you. <br /><br />And the truth is that most everything we think about "that book we're gonna write," when we're not actually writing, is completely and totally wrong. <br /><br />Be encouraged. Write!<br /><br />Pax!Karlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543571234839860076.post-9982575382162582832010-10-05T13:39:29.615-07:002010-10-05T13:39:29.615-07:00Never underestimate the value of silence; it can m...Never underestimate the value of silence; it can mean the difference between winning or losing a negotiation, Learning something or not, getting a response or not, waiting on the Lord or mindlessly rattling on. Thanks for reminding me.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069900337554876085noreply@blogger.com