Sounds of Silence
 by Becky 

Shutting down her computer after a long day of work, having sent the last e-mail her tired fingers could type; her thoughts turned to what she’ll fix for dinner.  She yearns for someone to talk with over her meal but knows it will be another silent supper.

Her roommate’s gone to a meeting and she has the kitchen all to herself.  Sometimes that’s easier, using the microwave when she wants, not working another person.  But tonight, she longs for the companionship.

She has some burdens on her heart.  She has learned that a friend has a dying mother, another has a granddaughter who is losing the battle against a brain tumor.  Her own work is demanding.  Owning her company takes more time and energy than she’d expected.  Even as an adult, a grown woman, her mom and dad’s divorce of years ago, still hurts.

Being a single woman, age 26, in today’s world has many peaks and valleys.  Her life is full.  She works hard in her business and it’s a success.   The orders for her greeting cards, personally designed and manufactured, are mounting.  The psychology course she is taking demands much study time.  Bible study for Sunday School needs attention.  E-mails must be opened, read and answered timely.  It’s time to vary her workout at the gym.  It sounds like she has more than enough to keep her occupied.  Yet, there are  those silent hours to face.

You see, Hillary is deaf and blind.  She was born without hearing and gradually lost her sight, blind by the age of 16.  She attended deaf school in the morning, blind school in the afternoon.  She studied at Gallaudet University and Helen Keller Institute.

She has silent hours, the likes of which you and I could never fathom.  But they are not empty hours.  She has darkness, but it’s not without light.  God is with her in the silence and in the darkness.  She is not alone.

Do I have silent hours or empty hours?  Do I have God with me in the darkness and soundless times?  Do I fill my quiet time with a whirl of activity?  How can I obtain what Hillary HAS without having to give up ALL that she lives without?

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