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HORSEGATE<br />
Written by Larry Killam<br />
Quietness<br />
What is the absence of noise?<br />
Quietness comes to mind. In both the<br />
Old and New Testament it means to<br />
be undisturbed, inactive, at ease, or<br />
silence.<br />
Sitting on a quiet horse looking out<br />
over a meadow of wild flowers in a<br />
valley would suit me. I enjoy quiet<br />
mornings when I go to feed my<br />
horses. The sun is coming up and<br />
birds are singing, and it is a great<br />
time to be still and know that God is<br />
who He is.<br />
Sometimes it is very hard to find<br />
a truly quiet place and time. There<br />
is so much noise, activity, and<br />
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unsettledness in this world that quiet<br />
and peace escape us. Of course,<br />
this is not new, for God says there<br />
is nothing new under the sun. King<br />
Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 3:7,<br />
“there is a time to be silent and a time<br />
to speak.”<br />
I wonder, in the story of Philip and<br />
the Ethiopian, if the horse was quiet<br />
or noisy when Philip was explaining<br />
Isaiah 53:7-8 to the Ethiopian as they<br />
rode in the chariot. I can’t imagine<br />
trying to explain something to<br />
someone if my horse is yelling to<br />
his buddy or stomping the ground. If<br />
you read that story you will see the
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