I have been challenged to have five minutes of silence everyday for a month. I have committed to giving this every effort and have missed missed one day out of four so far--not too bad. I start out by quieting my mind, taking in deep breaths to get relaxed. I do not believe you can keep your mind completely silent...I have not accomplished this at least. One day I just rolled around in my mind, "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty" over and over again. Another day I read various things I have up on my wall like: "God show me everyday the true person you have created me to be! Give me the grace to live it out!" "Greater is He who is in me, than he who is in the world!" "The Serenity Prayer" and so on. The last successful day I read various scripture.
The point of the silence or at least where I am putting the focus of the silence is--stopping daily tasks, quieting my mind from worry and thinking of tasks that need to be done. Focusing on God and worshiping him. I feel challenged today to spend the five minutes to worship him for who he is not anything he has done, but his Majesty, Power, Sovereignty, Holiness etc... I do not feel I have done that enough, but each moment is a new day so I can start now!
