Comments on: Spiritual Disciplines: Solitude http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/09/11/spiritual-disciplines-solitude/ Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe Kennedy http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/09/11/spiritual-disciplines-solitude/#comment-8264 Joe Kennedy Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:16:37 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/09/11/spiritual-disciplines-solitude/#comment-8264 I think the biggest and really only important distinction is that I only truly feel free to be myself and worship God when I'm alone. When I'm in the mountains or on the beach, I find it difficult to remain silent. Every ounce of me is screaming to let it out, to respond to the beauty of God in the presence of his majestic creation. If creation is so beautiful, how much more beautiful is the one who made it? So while I'm in solitude, I can't remain in silence. It becomes a time of worship, internally and externally. But there are also times when I am in silence and solitude as well. It's just both for me. I think the biggest and really only important distinction is that I only truly feel free to be myself and worship God when I’m alone. When I’m in the mountains or on the beach, I find it difficult to remain silent. Every ounce of me is screaming to let it out, to respond to the beauty of God in the presence of his majestic creation. If creation is so beautiful, how much more beautiful is the one who made it?

So while I’m in solitude, I can’t remain in silence. It becomes a time of worship, internally and externally.

But there are also times when I am in silence and solitude as well. It’s just both for me.

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