It's time to open our ears

Many people wonder where God is and why they only hear silence when they try to search for him. The Rev. Gary Bonebrake of Main Street Baptist Church in Oneonta, N.Y., offered an excellent suggestion in The Daily Star -- read the Bible.

God is not gone; he is not unconcerned; he is not silent. He has never been silent. God is speaking in the book he inspired and gave to us. As you read the Bible, you are not reading dead words on a page. Listen. If you listen with an open heart, you hear the voice of God -- the voice of God seeking you, calling you. God is not silent; he has never been silent. We have just not been listening.

Let's take time today to focus on the words of the Bible. The Bible points us to the best way to live -- the way of Jesus.