Tuesday June 1, 2021

Quiet time with God was short this morning as Will came into the familyroom/kitchen early. However I did get to read a Psalm and pray. On June 6th 1965 Thomas Merton wrote, "The great joy of solitary life is not found simply in quiet, in the beauty and peace of nature, song of birds, etc nor in the peace of one's own heart, but in the awakening and attuning of the heart to the voice of God..." I so appriciate it. I am reading a book of the collections of his diary everyday as well. Thomas Merton has been my spiritual guru along with Henry Nouwen via his books and lectures on tape and by being at the Getsemany in Bardstown, KY where he had lived as a hermit. By nature since birth, I am a quiet person with few words to say. Since I became a pastor I lerned to talk and became very talkative and noisy a person. I hated it most of the time. I would say that, it is polite talk for the sake others. What I love most during this past whole month of May on sabbatical is being free to be quiet. I don't have to talk to be polite. No polite talk required! Each day I only speak with and to my husband Will and my family far away over the video chat. Life is so much more peaceful as I get be fully myself. I am loving it. Oh, yes Well did leave for work and was gone the whole day. I have been listening to God. So far it is just quietness and peace. I have been also planting seeds and watching them grow, playing in the dirt planting, prunning and gardening. I am loving my time of peace, silent and peace. God is love. God is peace. God is here. Not much done today but reading a little and listening to God in silent. The evening is young yet. I may write a story for children before I go to bed.