“WHITE NOISE AND A STILL SMALL VOICE”
AS I SIT HERE ON MY COUCH, I HEAR THE HEAT PUMP FAN RUNNING, AND THEN NOTICE THE CEILING FANS, THE ICE MAKER, AND THEN A BUCKEYE NUT FALLING ON THE TIN ROOF. I CAN EVEN HEAR THE RINGING IN MY EARS. NOW AND THEN I HEAR A LARGE TRUCK WITH JAKE BRAKES ON THE INTERSTATE, A MILE AWAY, IF THE WIND IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST.
THE EARTH IS FULL OF SOUNDS. IF MORE AND MORE SOUNDS ARE ADDED TO OUR SURROUNDINGS, IT SOON BECOMES A ROAR. IF ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING I CAN HEAR HIM WELL. IF TWO ARE SPEAKING, I CAN STILL HEAR THE ONE. IF A THIRD VOICE IS ADDED, I CAN NO LONGER COMPREHEND WHAT THE FIRST VOICE IS SAYING. ALL SOUND IS CALLED WHITE NOISE. A SHORTWAVE RADIO OPERATER ONLY WANTS TO HEAR ONE VOICE COMING THROUGH THE SPEAKER. ANY OTHER SOUND IS WHITE NOISE AND IS UNWANTED. IT MAY BE A PERFECTLY GOOD SOUND, BUT IS NOT WANTED AT THE TIME.
THE HUMAN EAR CAN HEAR APPROXIMATLY 20,000 DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES. SOME PEOPLE TURN ON A FAN AT NIGHT TO BLOCK ONE UNWANTED SOUND TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP. A FAN PRODUCES A WIDE VARIETY OF FREQUENCIES OR WHITE NOISE, THUS COVERING ALL SOUNDS NOT JUST THE ONE.
THOSE WHO LOVE QUIET HEAR DISTINCT SOUNDS, AS A SINGLE BIRD FAR OFF. TOO MUCH WHITE NOISE COVERS THE SINGLE SOUND, MUCH LIKE A GIANT FAN WOULD COVER ALL SOUND.
WHITE NOISE CAN BECOME LIKE A STORM THAT ROARS ALL THE TIME. THOUGHTS AND FEAR CAN BE LIKE WHITE NOISE.
(GOD)
“MY” SERVANT ELIJAH WAS FEARFULL OF THE WHITE NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE CAVE HE WAS HIDING IN, WHEN “I” APPROCHED THE CAVE THE EARTH QUAKED, THE WIND ROARED, AND FIRES BROKE OUT, MAKING A GREAT WHITE NOISE. BUT “I” WAS NOT IN THE WHITE NOISE. INSIDE THE CAVE IT WAS QUIET AND HE HEARD MY STILL SMALL VOICE AND CAME TO THE MOUTH OF THE CAVE, WHERE “I” REPROVED HIM AND SENT HIM ON HIS RIGHT COURSE. TURN OFF THE GIANT FANS ONE SWITCH AT A TIME UNTIL QUIET RETURNS. COME TO THE MOUTH OF YOUR CAVE AND LISTEN “I AM” NOT IN THE WHITE NOISE. THERE IS A REASON “I” SAID GO INTO YOUR PRAYER CLOSET TO PRAY. IT’S QUIET IN THERE, NO WHITE NOISE.
BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY EARTHQUAKES, STORMS, FLOODS AND FIRES IN YOUR NATION LATELY?
“A Voice From The Mountain”
David McClary
