Numbers 23:3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill. This sounds familiar. When people who know want to hear from God, they get away from the noise and the crowds. Jesus did this, a lot. Moses went up on Mt. Sinai alone, he saw the burning bush alone, he went into the Tabernacle alone, and he heard from God, a lot. That’s one reason that I love my early mornings – alone. It’s quiet and I can hear. That’s not to say I hear a lot… my mind is sometimes just as bad as other noise. But it’s in these quiet moments that I get a few minutes of peace, when I can read God’s Words without distraction (for the most part – I just got distracted by looking up Jewish schools to see if my kids could learn Torah – sadly, since neither John nor I am Jewish, I’ll have to find another way), and when I can reflect on what I read instead of rushing through it…. And now G. is up and I must go. So much for quiet reflection. God is laughing at me.