By Bettie Reddick
Psalms 62:1-2, 5-7
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.
David’s Psalm is also my Psalm
My soul waits in silence
My soul is the image of God, the God spark that was breathed into me when I was created
The God part of me that can see the God part in myself, in others, and all creation
The overwhelming consciousness of God
Inner resonance happens here
My soul waits in silence
In silence, God speaks and I can hear
In silence, I experience the presence of God, the breath of God, the spirit of God
As Rob Bell has said,
Some ancient Rabbis believed that the name of God is simply unpronounceable because the letters together are essentially the sound of breathing. Yod, Heh; Vav, Heh. The name of God is the sound of breathing. From the first breath I take to the last breath I take, I am breathing the name of God. Breathe in, Yod Heh, breathe out, Vav Heh. I am saying the name of God with every breath I take.
And when I am silent, I am still saying God’s name. When I get to that open space of mind and heart there is:
God alone
salvation
foundation
fortress
hope
deliverance
honor
a mighty rock
refuge
That is who God is. That is just God being God.
And when that overwhelming consciousness of God, Yod Heh, Vav Heh, is present…… then, I will not be shaken.
My soul waits in silence for God alone
Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am
Be still and know that I
Be still and know
Be still
Be
Longing for some silence amidst all the confusion.
Beautiful!
Thank you, Bettie. Beautiful thoughts.