mute"When he did come out, he was not able to speak....."
That's Zechariah we are talking about, the father of John the Baptist. An angel came to visit him, to tell him the great and wonderful news that his long barren wife Elizabeth would bear a son, and Zechariah was struck mute. (Luke 1)
For the entire length of Elizabeth's pregnancy, Zechariah could say nothing.
Could this have been a gift from God? For nine months, Zechariah lived within himself, in his own quietness. God gave him not just time, but absolute quiet in which to contemplate this holy thing that was taking place before his eyes and in his life.
Taking the time to be quiet before the holy sounds like a good idea to me. Even if it would be terribly difficult.........or maybe not. Maybe being in the presence of the holy naturally leaves one struck mute.
Find a corner of quiet to encounter the holy this Advent time.
"He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23
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