Breaking the Silence

In Pilgrim Heart; the Way of Jesus in Everyday Life, by Darryl Tippens, Tippens discusses spiritual disciplines that can be practiced without your removal from the world. In fact, they are dependent on our interaction with a Christian community and/or the world.

Currently I am reading the section on confession. This quote mentioned by the author really stands out to me:

"In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot." -Czeslaw Milosv

For me this quote has even more relevance today in the area of accountability.

There was a time when I rarely felt uncomfortable (if I even noticed) in those silent moments when I was among other Believers and we began to journey down a troublesome road where there existed no holiness. Today I have a great conviction that when I arrive at such forks I am obligated to choose the path of holiness. This is not to say that I always do choose holiness (which goes without saying), but a persevering voice does resonate inside of me, beckoning me to choose the road less traveled.

By practicing the gift of accountability we become sensitive to the Voice that beckons us to beckon others, to break the silence.

Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. -Galatians 6:1

-Wes