Silence creates space around things so we can listen to the word of God in them.

"The key word of the spiritual discipline I follow is 'listening.' This means a special kind of listening, a listening with one's heart. The Bible calls this responsive listening 'living by the Word of God,' and that means far more than merely doing God's will. It means being nourished by God's word as food and drink. God's word in every person, every thing, every event. This is a daily task, a moment by moment discipline. Silence creates space around things, persons and events. Silence singles them out and allows us gratefully to consider them one by one in their uniqueness."

David Steindl-Rast 

Photo: Cottonwood leaf, the Poudre River and Bellvue Dome on a snowy day, Bellvue, CO, February 21, 2015