When the Soul Needs Silence
- Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
- 3 minutes ago
- 2 min read
Years ago, people were already worried about spending too much time online. Back in 1996, a teenager was described as being addicted to the internet because he spent more than six hours a day online and over an hour reading email. At that time, it sounded alarming. Today, for many people, that almost sounds ordinary.
We live in a very different world now. The phone is always near. The screen is always glowing. Messages keep coming. News keeps updating. Videos keep playing. Our fingers keep scrolling. And little by little, without even noticing it, the soul grows tired.
That is why so many people today are trying to escape the noise. Some buy devices to lock their apps. Some take tech fasts. Some go away to quiet cabins just to hear themselves think again. What are they really searching for? More than rest for the eyes, they are searching for rest for the heart.
The words of Jesus feel especially timely: “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while” (Mark 6:31). Those words speak deeply to our generation. Because a noisy life can slowly become a noisy soul. And when the soul is full of noise, it becomes harder to hear the gentle voice of God.
Our phones can connect us to the whole world, but only prayer can connect us to peace. A screen can fill our attention, but only the presence of God can fill our hearts. We were not created to live from notification to notification. We were created to live from the presence of God.
That is why our Lord Jesus Himself often withdrew to quiet places to pray. He gave time to the Father. He stepped away from the crowds. He made room for silence. If the Son of God made room for stillness, how much more do we need it in our own lives?
Friends, we need holy spaces in the day. A few moments in the morning before the phone enters the hand. A verse of Scripture before the headlines. A whispered prayer before the first email. A deep breath with God before the rush begins. Let your mind settle. Let your soul breathe. Let God speak again into the inner room of your life.
