Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Lost Silence

We bombard our brains with noise. As a young person I am now able to go through an entire day and never leave time for silence. But at what cost? It is in the quiet place that God speaks, where the conscience can be heard and secret things revealed. Silence allows us to think through difficult issues, sort out conflicting emotions and get right with God. Gaming, or media in general for that matter,...

Silence (Psalm)

in the stillness of a quiet moment when conscience finds its voice to speak it tells of deeds done in night’s darkness pitch-black lust and hidden hate noise can drown the accuser and summon back a chaosed mind but noise cannot hide truth and chaos cannot cleanse sin the din that dulls the guilt cannot save on judgment day darkness comes not from without but from within a soiled soul in Christ...