Comments on: Don’t Rush to the Answer – Linger in the Pause

By: Maree Dee

Maree Dee — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:53:36 +0000

Oh, my goodness, it is so hard for me to linger in the pause. Yet, when I do, it never ceases to amaze me what comes out. I love this post. I am going to concentrate on it today. Thank you! Maree

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:47:09 +0000

Lisa, this is such needed advice. So many people rush to fill the silence or move on. I used to struggle with this, it is uncomfortable, but through my training I learned the silence is actually the bridge into another persons heart. Few venture over. But as you experienced, connection awaits at the other end. Thank you so much for these wise words!

By: Lisa Blair

Lisa Blair — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:18:35 +0000

Lisa, I’m so grateful for this reminder, “But this time, we stayed with the pause.” I appreciate the encouragement to be still, patient and kind, and allow God to love through us.

By: Susan Shipe

Susan Shipe — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:52:23 +0000

I try very hard to honor those long silent pauses.

By: Theresa Boedeker

Theresa Boedeker — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:12:34 +0000

In those pauses and silences the truth may come forth. I tend to pause and be silent before I can sometimes find the truth and answer hard questions. Some people wait and others rush past. Thanks for this reminder to wait and be patient in the silence. For ourselves and others.

By: Barbara Harper

Barbara Harper — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:58:24 +0000

Yes, it is hard for me to be silent, too, when with others I don’t know well. Especially if there’s an obvious problem–as you said, we feel like we need to step in a fix things. I’ve heard it said that Job’s friends did more for him when they sat in silence with him before they started in on him.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:44:34 +0000

Linger is a word that lingers too on our tongues. Great reminder here. I learned a few years ago – I think I wrote a blog post about it – that I have learned when talking to the smart voice in my car and telling it to make a hands free phone call for me I can’t rush my answers. She will ask – Do you want me call Bill’s cell? I will rush and say yes. She will say I didn’t understand that. I learned I had to pause and wait – linger a moment – before I gave my answer. Was a good lesson to me!

By: Michele Morin

Michele Morin — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:34:26 +0000

I am also prone tomorrow rush into a silence, desperate to fill it. So much better to wait it out.

By: Lois Flowers

Lois Flowers — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:00:11 +0000

Aw, Lisa … this is so beautiful. People–especially those who tend to be quiet and thoughtful anyway–need time to collect their thoughts, to figure out exactly what it is that they want to share (if anything). Rushing past the moment, however uncomfortable it is for us, robs them of our understanding, I think. But waiting in silence (as you describe so well) is a gift to them.

By: Karen Friday

Karen Friday — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:08:00 +0000

Beautiful insight, Lisa. Love the idea of God’s help also being quiet. And this, “God doesn’t always rush in to tidy up our lives as soon we’re in a mess.”