An empty room is silent. A room where people are not speaking or moving is quiet. Silence is a given, quiet a gift. Silence is the absence of sound and quiet the stilling of sound. Silence can’t be anything but silent. Quiet chooses to be silent. It holds its breath to listen. It waits and is still.
“In returning and rest you shall be saved,” says God through the prophet Isaiah, “in quietness and confidence shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). They are all parts of each other. We return to our deep strength and to the confidence that lies beneath all our misgiving. The quiet there, the rest, is beyond the reach of the world to disturb. It is how being saved sounds.
Welcome to the Still Saturday Community where we pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some still place, and soak in the beauty of images and reflect on the depth of sparse words. We’d love for you to join us. Grab the button and link up below. We all love to hear if something especially speaks to your heart, but please don’t feel pressured to comment. Simply take some time to be still together, to gaze long and drink deep.
The Lord is my Salvation…and in Him is perfect Peace.
Blessings to you this Sabbath,
HBHW
You’re comment sent me to listen to this… again and again. 🙂
Thank you for this beautiful song, Sandra! What peace we have in Christ…
Blessings,
HBHW
Hello my friend!
It would be a lovely gift to have you link this song up for #SongsonSundays =))
A fav scripture, I love the amp version saying ‘in quietness and trusting confidence..”
The difference between silence and quiet – how interesting. Have a beautiful weekend, my friend. xox
“Quiet chooses to be silent.” I found the difference interesting, too. A Beautiful weekend to you, too. xo
Great quote! The world cannot disturb my rest in Christ!
Blessings, Sandra! Love this Beuchner quote. I just recently picked up his “Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Comedy, Tragedy and Fairy Tale” and love how his writing brings depth to my own passion for story – His Story in our story. Cherishing quiet. Thanks for hosting.
joy!
Kathy
I love this quote. He puts words to a covert truth, so that when I read it, I think, “Why yes! Of course! I knew that, but I never stopped to examine it, or to articulate it.”
Covert truths are powerful. Thanks for sharing this one.
Sandra,
great quote and thoughts…I decided not to link up because I wanted to honor your desire for “sparse words”….which is how my post started but ….many blessings to you, my friend 🙂
This post so spoke to my heart as I was led to this verse & used it in my post this morning as well. So to come & link here & find it there was such confirmation of God’s Word to me. I have so been desiring, and in need of, quiet. Just being still before Him. Thank you for this post as you have ministered to my soul today. Blessings!
Amazing quote! Thank you for sharing this uplifting message and for hosting & God bless!
I will take this verse from Isaiah with me … Thank you Sandra!