Saturday, January 27, 2007

Hypocrisy

"The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

- Brennan Manning

Friday, January 26, 2007

listening in the silence.

"I didn't say anything. I was beginning to figure out that sometimes listening is the best way to communicate. Some people are afraid of silence, so they fill it with sounds. "

This quote comes from a book called After by Francis Chalifour.

Silence can be a beautiful thing, but more often than not, it seems to be an awkward thing in this day and age. I just finished exams and find myself already filling up these couple days I have off with "stuff"- university supplementary application forms, my english essay, the works... In the moments of silence and unrushed time that I do find during my day, I find myself trying to fill up that time as well. Our God is a God that uses the silences. It's so easy to miss His voice sometimes. I need to listen. I think we all do...