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Silence

Have I mentioned that I love all the cool stuff I can do on this new blog?! :D You may have noticed the music player between the header and the posts section; I have it set not to autostart, so you can click play if you want to listen to the music, or leave it off if you so desire. It's just a random, shuffled list of some of my favorite songs. I'll probably be changing it up every now and then. I love music!!! :D

Well, we made our trip to Weatherford. We drove up there Saturday afternoon/evening, and came home Sunday night/Monday morning. Our house there is awesome! It's actually on the outskirts of the little town of Springtown, population about 3,000. The house has 4 bedrooms (one will be Dad's office), 2 bathrooms, 2 living rooms (one will be the classroom/library), a BIG entryway, kitchen (complete with a GAS stove! Thank God! :D), dining room, and a sun room (which will be Mom's scrapbook room). It's on 7 acres, with trees, a pool, and a trampoline. :D We got to "camp out" there--in the house--Saturday night; we even grilled hot dogs there on Sunday!
We officially move in on the 15th, so we'll be packing and all that good stuff in earnest over the next couple of weeks. I'm working on getting my room cleaned up and everything sorted through before packing. When we moved to Midland, I actually had a box labeled "Haley's Mess" that just had all the stuff I hadn't gotten organized thrown into a box. :P That box was NOT fun to unpack! So, I'm down to just a couple little piles on my desk and one little box to sort through. I've actually thrown stuff away, too...you can ask my family, that's a big deal! :D I should be done organizing, etc. tomorrow and will start packing away the decorative stuff and books that I won't need for a little while. I really do not like packing...unpacking is a LOT more fun! :D

I got to drive the truck!! I actually didn't drive it back from Nanna's house because I decided I didn't want my first time driving it to be in the dark...a bit odd, I know, but that's the way I am. I got to drive it once here in town, and then I drove part of the way back from Weatherford last night/this morning (I took the 11:45 PM -1:30 AM section of the trip). That was an experience, since we were pulling the U-haul trailer back to return it here in Midland. It wasn't too bad, though--and obviously, we all survived. :D And I do definitely like driving the truck, a lot!! I've decided we live in Silverado country; on the way to Good News Club today, I saw at least 4 Chevy Silverado trucks!!

So what does any of this post have to do with silence? Well...as I was driving home last night (this morning, whatever), everybody else in the car was asleep. We didn't have a CD to put in the CD player, and I was afraid that me flipping through radio channels looking for something to listen to would wake up my guys. So I just drove along in absolute silence. I don't normally do silence very well. Ask my family, I always have some music going in my room. But after driving about 2 hours in complete silence last night, I think that maybe a time of silence should be part of my daily routine.
There's something special about silence; there's a depth, a profoundness to it. It gives God a chance to fill the emptiness and me a chance to just be with Him.
Without consciously praying or anything, I could just sense that God was there in a very real and close way. There was no need to talk or think or anything, just being with Him was enough. It's very hard to describe, it just has to be experienced!
So I still love music and will still usually have it going in my room. But me and silence...we could become good friends.

May the Lord bless you richly with all that He is, and may you take time to sit in the silence and just be with Him! :D
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Anonymous said…
Ok then. Next time I'm there we can just sit and be silent together.
November 5, 2008 at 7:16 PM
RejoicingComet said…
With you, I think I'd much rather be laughing! :D
November 5, 2008 at 7:21 PM
For His Glory said…
That sounds like it was a great time for the family.
I would love to come visit you guys there sometime maybee in the spring?
November 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM
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