As a person known as being a “talker”, being quiet is not recognized as one of my character strength’s.

I am more known to fill the void with endless chatter.

I have been told a time or two to be quiet, tone it down, shorten it up…my dad fondly tells the story of picking me up from elementary school to have me lean forward on the seat to tell him all all my stories of the day- he said he was exhausted and asked me to lean back and rest for a few while he drove us home.

It’s nothing new…this talking thing.

I get my feelings hurt when people throw a casual comment at me that it is too much but- hey; I’ve heard it before so I shake it off.

What I don’t like is the insinuation that in my talking I don’t have anything to say.

Do you catch the difference?

There is empty chatter or noise OR there is something valid in what is being spoken.

I prefer validity- thank you very much.

Isaiah 30:15 says In returning to Me and rest, you shall be saved…in quietness and confident trust is your strength.

I always claimed that verse for my husband- he is definately the strong silent type…very confident with little words needed to spoken.

When he does speak…people listen.

But the beginning part of that verse got to me today…in returning to Me and rest…

Maybe the lack of quietness isn’t what is coming out of me but more of what is in me…

Trust me- if you think I SPEAK alot, you should hear all the words I do not say that are in my head 100% of the time…there is no reprieve- just a filter of what to share and when.

There is no quiet.

So, I ask, how can there be much rest either? Let alone confident trust…when I cannot hear above the clamor in my head?

“A quiet, patient trust in God provides more strength for a follower of God than any alliance with another person or system. When danger threatens, it is difficult not to look for ways to use one’s own strength. It is also difficult to maintain inward composure and not trust external sources to help. Even if we cannot imagine how we can be helped, if we are trusting God, we can have confidence and therefore peace that He will not forsake us in our hour of need. God may use our strength or the help of others, but, when we turn to God first, we can learn which resources, if any, are the ones He wants us to use. When God is first, then our decisions are wise”- Amplified Study Bible.

-Return to God

-Rest

-In that rest Quiet yourself

-Lean into the confident trust you have in the Lord