Stop or Non Stop ?

I suppose the lack of posts on the blog this month says it all! It has just been non stop. Though at times I think advent demands more stop than non! So it was good on Saturday morning that the Fairacres Chronicle came it the post and I took the opportunity to sit down and to enjoy reading it. The one great theme that seemed to come out of it time and time again was STOP, BE STILL. LISTEN. So among all the Carol services, Christingle and general festivities there needs to be a time to stop and to listen to that still small voice. Thank God for the vocations of places like Fairacres and Crawley Down, these are two Anglican contemplative orders the first for women and the second a mixed community where I am a Probationary Associate. I hope that for 2008 I will learn the wisdom of stopping and of listening for that still small voice taking the opportunity to discern where God is leading me and taking suitable time to reflect. It was good to preside at the Said Mass this morning where there was an opportunity for space and for silence I pray that it will sustain me through what will be the busyiness of the next 24 hours!