The Silent Treatment

As the night wore on you could feel the tension in the house. Doors were shut a little harder than they normally would be. Footsteps were a little more intense with every push straight to the floor and hot huffy breaths were being exhausted all over the place.

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I walked through the kitchen and looked at Gabe who was sitting quietly at the table doing his homework and we gave each "the look" and winced. Shane and Kristina were arguing. Now, I'm sure in your house you never argue with your teenagers, do you? (heehee)

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So as the night wore on I began to notice that I was the one getting the silent treatment from Kristina. Although she was angry with her Daddy I was the one getting the short end of the stick. The longer the night wore on the angrier I got thinking "what did I do?".

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Before long it was bed time and there was peace...well sort of! I think everyone snored a little louder than usual and maybe a few covers were slung in desperation. You just can't be that mad when you go to bed and expect to sleep in peace and harmony. But, by the time the morning dew had fallen everyone was over their childishness and life moved on as it always tends to do.

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You know we do that with God so many times. We get mad and frustrated and someone or something else but we give God the silent treatment. Instead of running to him and just pouring out our souls and emptying our hearts to Him we run from Him and we act mad at Him. When He is the only cure for our brokenness.

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"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time." Psalm 34:18-19 (NLT). Giving God the silent treatment doesn't do anything but push us farther away from him. We should gravitate towards Him in the good times, the bad times, the sad times, the angry times, the heartbroken times, the funny times, the silly times...the...ALL times.