Loneliness Leads to Encounter with God

God often meets us in times of lonliness and solitude; times when we are just not sure about what to do. However, we are so bent on keeping these things at bay through all our constant need for distraction. Even our churches are filled with distractions and things to do. All this is meant to fill up the silence in our life; to fill up the seemingly empty places of solitude. Because of this we rarely truly meet with God. I must come to the place where silence is ok; where loneliness and solitude is ok. This requires an intentionality on my part. I must be intentional about finding places in my life where there are no distractions. I must turn off the television; the radio; put down the book... I know God can sometimes speak through these things too, but there must also be times where I clear away everything so that I can listen to the still small voice of my Heavenly Father. My life is hid with Christ in God. It is in the hidden places; those places hidden by books, and words, and images, etc... where I may sometimes find my true self.