Silence July 10,2026 Come unto me all ye that labour and ars heavy laden , and I will give you rest .Take my yoke upon you and learn of me :for I am meek and lowly in heart :and ye shall find rest unto your souls For my yoke is easy and my burden is light -Matthew 11:28-30. Our souls need rest .We need internal rest .Rest from planning , thinking , reasoning , worrying , and all other internal activity .We need solitude and silence and inactivity , but we rarely get enough of it . I must admit that I am not good at doing nothing . I find myself planning what I want to eat , or what I will do with the rest of my week ,or how I can entertain myself . Sometimes God has to make us lie fowl by still and restful waters (see Psakm 23:2)I have been recovering from a hip replacement surgery , and between not being able to move much and being on pain medicine that dulled my mind as wel as my body , I found myself spending large amounts of time sitting and simply looking out the window .This was a novelty for me , but one I actually enjoyed because I got internal rest that I needed . Try to have some time of complete solitude each week .Sit somewhere beautiful and peaceful and just “be e .” Believe it or not , we don’t always have to “ do “ something . Actually , if we take regular time to “be ,” our “doing “will be more productive -Joyce Meyer