The Importance of Silence

Charleston, South Carolina

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I'm use to sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, so it was odd for me to watch the sun rise over Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.  Janice and I had a busy day planned when I took this picture. We were scheduled to visit historic sites in and around Charleston; Drayton Hall Plantation and Fort Sumter to name two.

However, this sunrise in the stillness of the morning was quite special.  Dolphin were surfacing, water fowl hovered over the water and there was this man, rowing his boat alone in the silence of the morning.

I have a framed sequence of three pictures with this man rowing his boat into the beam of light reflected off the harbor. It hangs above our piano in our living room.  It is a reminder to me of the silence of the morning.

Morning is a rather special time for me.  "For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.  Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning."  Psalm 30:5 English Standard Version

It is in the silence of the morning, before the weeping of night, that I find communion with God in his Word reaching into the person of Doug Brauner.

Rest assured as the day progresses, there will be weeping and struggles.  But there is silence in the morning and fellowship with the Savior.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2015 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.