The questions I have been wrestling with are: how did I get to this place; why would I ever go out into the world to seek for a better way to be loved; how do I return to where I need to be, where the love is unconditional and everything I need, and so on. The only way I know how to find the answers to these questions is to press in to my father God and pray that I will hear His voice with clarity. “Pressing in” means putting myself in a position where God can speak and move and be experienced. This is no easy task in today’s loud, fast moving world. I don’t know about you but I can all too easily get caught up in a mentality where more activity is better. Busyness becomes a badge that I wear to demonstrate to myself and others that I am important and successful because I am going in many different directions at the same time. It helps me convince myself that my life is significant. The problem here, as I have experienced it, is that God is not found in the commotion and the noise. God is found in the stillness and the quiet. My primary pursuit these last few weeks has been to remain in the stillness and to seek solitude as much as possible. I’ve learned that it can be done, even in today’s world. And the payoffs are well worth it.