Home

It is so easy to relax at home. Home for me has been the place where I could most easily find peace in my soul. No matter which place I lived once I found a personal relationship with Jesus, that place was the source of my centering life in Christ. Peace comes from home because it is where I have the most control over organizing my time to be with God. It is the place where silence is found at daily scheduled times. In my last sermon I quoted Mother Theresa who wrote,

"The fruit of silence is prayer

The fruit of prayer is faith

The fruit of faith is love

The fruit of love is service

The fruit of service is peace"

It is in the silence of home that I begin my journey to peace in my soul. As I begin the summer of travel I know I must find silence on the road. I have said for years that in that silence I rarely hear God speak to me. I do however find that when I have that silence with my God, he speaks to me in so many ways later in the activities of my life. God provides what I need by directing my life as a result of my starting in silence. The silence is the tuning fork that helps me follow the notes of life and keep on pitch with God's will. It is that resonant vibration that becomes so clear it leads you, you know when you have become dissonant. Lord give me a special gift of discipline as I roam this summer that I will continue to find the silence with you.