Silence is more like the language of God.
And the word became flesh...and through preachers we turn Christ back into words.
Be still and know that I am God.
In the frazzled, fast-pace, noise polluted world of words...
Facebook posts
CNN with five news crawls all vying for our attention
Texts
Tweets
Snap chat
Photos posted sent
We swim in a chaos of words.
But today we stop.
Breathe.
We wait as the women waited on the Sabbath centuries ago.
Words will not cooperate.
There is no speechifying that can justify death.
There is no pontificating that can explain the pain or hurt.
Sometimes we just need someone to cry with us...even for us.
To be.
To be.
Just be today.
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