Talking

"Jehovah God is in his holy temple," Habakkuk 2:20.

So. Thus. Ergo. Therefore. World! Talking to you, World! World, keep silence in his presence! World, you're talking too much. Talking too much to your lifeless creations. Talking too much to your made plans. Talking too much to your handicrafts. Talking too much to your factory-built stuff. Trying to talk your artifice into becoming intelligent. Trying to make your machines live. Lining them with pretty rocks to think they're beautiful. But there's no breath in any of it. So, World, hush! Stop the ceaseless chatter! Be silent! God, the God who creates stuff from nothing, God who creates life from dead dust, the one and only, the living God's in his holy temple.

When we see a brother or sister today, we pause in tranquil silence to honor him in whom alone dwells immortality. And, together, we bow quietly in praise to God, unique author of life.