Thank you Humble Soul. The verse I remember is "Be still and know that I am God." I grew up with two statements that I was told were from the Bible. The one I just mentioned and "Make a joyful noise."
I prefer the quiet worship so I was a Quaker for ten years. We sat in silence and meditated. No sermon or music.
When I met my husband Frank he was a drummer in a jazz band at church. I tried to adjust to the loud noise but I could not so I stayed home.
David danced and made a joyful noise. Jesus prayed silently in the garden.
I do not think one is better than the other. I think it is personal preference. But I do not want to be told then I am not worshipping correctly when I prefer to pray and meditate instead of listening to a sermon on a loud speaker and horns blaring away.
My favorite lyrics are "The sound of silence." I probably should have been a none or a monk. LOL
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools," said I, "You do not know
Silence, like a cancer, grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells, of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
❤
