tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6252257769202607834..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Quiet TimePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-19397409068367137882010-05-10T18:48:08.611-05:002010-05-10T18:48:08.611-05:00"Be still, and know that I am God" (Psal..."Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10).<br /><br />"The LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before Him" (Habakkuk 2:20).<br /><br />"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling" (Zechariah 2:13.<br /><br />"But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me" (Psalm 131:2).<br /><br />"It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD" (Lamentations 3:26).<br /><br />We would indeed do well to listen to what Holy Scripture says about keeping silence.<br /><br />Rev. Allen Yount<br />-+-Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio Faciunt TheologumRev. Allen Younthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211830350490559932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6258549330643156252010-05-09T21:39:26.114-05:002010-05-09T21:39:26.114-05:00I miss the silence in the sanctuary prior to the s...I miss the silence in the sanctuary prior to the service. Nearly 30 years ago there was a remodel and the wall between the sanctuary and the narthex was removed. Everyone stands back there and yaks before church, and now even the people in the sanctuary yak away. I miss the time for silent contemplation and prayer.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503743050696171950noreply@blogger.com