Have you ever had those seasons where you felt God was silent? Maybe you are there now, right along with me. You seek and search, yet no answer. You might feel Him stirring and moving your heart, but no real breakthrough.
Silence is Oh. So. Awkward.
As we unwrap the Christmas season and take a look at silence, our minds are immediately drawn to:
Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is Calm, All is Bright
I’m not sure how silent, holy, calm and bright those days were leading up to Christ’s birth. When you reflect on the years before the night our Savior was born, you learn:
-Christ was born after a period of silence! 400 years of silence. God was silent as the world waited for the Messiah.
-As the world awaited a Savior, the silence resonated of new beginnings, new life, and yet something unfamiliar fixing to happen.
-Before the silence was broken with the birth of Jesus, he was there. Although unseen he was there – moving, speaking, stirring, and preparing.
As we sense silence in our lives, we just have to know that God is fixing to do a new and incredible thing in our lives. We need to hold on, stay in His presence, and prepare.
Although, I’m not confortable with my specific season of silence I will hang on to the fact that God speaks in the quietest of whispers. And for me to hear the softest of whispers of God, I need silence. Mother Teresa captures the importance of unwrapping silence so perfectly:
“See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence…we need silence to be able to touch souls.”
Lord, unwrap the silence within each of us — we want to touch souls for You!
I’m joining in with Carissa at Lowercase Letters today for Miscellany Monday – random musings to help make the mundane interesting. Y’all hop over and give her a shout out.
Wow!! Now, that is powerful. Silence is so hard for so many of us. You have given me much to ponder, friend.
I agree with Leah! Silence is very hard when it comes to this time of the year. we have a new series at church that started yesterday on surviving the holidays and trying let go of perfection in having to live up to everyone's expectations as far as all of the holiday/christmas activities…instead try to embrace His presence through this time!
have a great week and thanks so much for visiting! love your blog and i hope to come and visit more often. now following you : ) i love making new blog friends.
xo,
alely
p.s. my son's 2nd grade teacher was a mrs. snodgrass : ). we loved her!
Wow, that was powerfully beautiful, thank you for this. :)
Very deep :) & I Love it!
With a 3 and 5 year old I yearn for silence, but I do find that I am quite uncomfortable when I am sitting with it. For some reason, I think that if I am DOING or GOING that I am accomplishing something. I love that little song, "Be still and know." Great practice for me.
What a beautiful post! Silence truly is golden, but it's so hard for most of us.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I've enjoyed browsing through yours. It's always a pleasure to make a new blogging buddy. Blessings to you Alene!
Oh so beautiful and resonates with my spirit today!
i always wonder if it was really a silent night… after all, Mary had to give birth in a barn! God bless her. anyways, i feel ya, girl. silence is hard. all we can do is keep on keeping on and rest and trust in His grace.