I am drowning in noise and it all makes me anxious. Chances are it has the same effect on you. One little verse in the Bible cuts through the clutter, the noise, the stress, the dutiful obligations, the mismanaged priorities, the rushing, and the busyness and offers me an antidote to what ails me: “But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray” (Luke 5:16). I like the word choice of the NIV, which renders the phrase “lonely places.”
