[:en]Solomon in Ecclesiastes wrote that there is a time for everything. And one of them is a time to be silent and a time to speak. (Eccl. 3:7b) We are told to learn to silence our thoughts and truly listen to others. God silence is a listening silence and a humble silence. It leads to right hearing, right understanding and right speaking. “The purpose of a person’s heart are deep waters but one who has insight draws them out” (Prov. 20:5)
Let us keep silence so that we can hear God’s voice and understand the hearts of others. Let us ask God to teach us when to speak and when to be silent.
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