Claire says: “When I first put my hearing aids in, I can hear everything: the swishing of my clothes, the creaking of my shoes, my hair against the hearing aids. After a while my brain filters that out and I don’t notice it anymore.”
We all get used to the noisy around us, we filter it out. Those who live in quiet spaces notice the noisy ones; those who live in noisy ones notice the quiet. And noisy isn’t just sound. It’s colour, company, taste, emotion, touch, smell etc. We get used to what we’re used to and sometimes we fail to see beyond the noisy surroundings we’ve filtered out. But every so often something breaks through. Some Christians refer to this as a Kairos moment. When we notice something different or see with new eyes.
We can take ourselves somewhere new to notice what the noise is like, or we can try to re-notice what we’ve filtered. Sit in your house in a different position – on the floor in a corner. Sit in a part of your town you don’t normally go to. Walk around a place with headphones or earplugs. Subvert your senses and experience anew.
Claire and I had such a moment when Rob and Karen came to Newbiggin. As we experienced them seeing our town with new eyes, we did too.
What is the noise you’ve filtered out, how could you learn to re-see, re-hear, re-taste, re-emote today? What do you need to experience anew?
When you set an alarm do you use something to wake you gently or to shock you awake?
What thing in your life have you filtered out?
What do you need to allow yourself to be more aware of?
Photo Challenge: Take a picture of something inspired by the word noisy. Use the hashtag #woryem
Noisy
Noisy days full of sound
Noisy lives filled with things
Noisy
It can be noisy during this season of advent
Stop for a moment
How can you hear what needs to be heard?
We are a community of faith.
Strandlopers on a journey.
We have listened to the noisy sounds in this season of advent
By God’s grace we go.
Amen
I’ve been a member of BCFX for about 2 years. I love it. It’s home and hearth, welcome and challenge, ebb and flow.
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Thanks John. My Kairos moments are usually unexpected. But welcomed.