The Sound of Crickets Chirping in the Backyard (standard:humor, 908 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 13 2016	Views/Reads: 1797/1175	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Noise has become a daily experience for many people today. From morning until night, we are surrounded by noise of all kinds. People have gotten accustomed to an atmosphere of noise. For my part, I am just a little bit tired of all the noise. What would l

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Very few people get the chance to hear crickets chirping, so why in the
world would God take the time and effort to create them? 

If you would ask somebody when was the last time they heard crickets
chirping, I am sure you would get the silent treatment from them. 
Nobody really takes the time to think about crickets let alone listen 
to them. We have too much to do and too many other things to listen to, 
to spend our time listening to silence. 

“Don't you,” my wife sighed deeply, “just love those crickets?” 

I was not going to argue with my wife. I have never given crickets much
thought in the past, but as we sat there, I began to appreciate the 
sounds of crickets in the evening. 

After a few moments of silence, I replied, “We ought to spend more time
listening to those crickets.” 

I should not say this, but we named those crickets. One was Albert and
the other we called Beatrice. Why? Does it really matter? 

From then on whenever we wanted to enjoy a little bit of quietness one
of us would say, “How about an A and B concert?” We always knew what 
that meant; time to spend on the back porch enjoying the cricket 
concert. 

It takes a lot of discipline to get to the place to enjoy silence. For
my part, I want to hear everything and know everything that is going on 
around me. It is as though I need to approve everything that has 
happened. 

Thinking about this I thought about David. Maybe this is what he meant
when he wrote, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted 
among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalms 46:10). 

I am ready for another A and B concert this evening. 


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