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Hello Ladies!
I hope this evening finds everyone doing well. I am sorry my post is a bit late in the day.... but its here and that is all that matters to this gal right now! I know a few of you can completely understand why this post may be a bit late in its arrival when I tell you that #4 in mylineup is still awake!! Although his cuteness makes him a favorite it is not enough to save him from bed! Anyways, here we go.....
As I sit here tonight typing our blog entry I am disappointed. Mainly because I was hoping to have something profound to share. Something I could tell you I have learned or an inspiration that may have come to me during the last few weeks......but as I searched....and believe me, I searched- I still came up where I started.....with quietness. I want to make it clear that does NOT mean my life has been peaceful and quiet without calamity threatning to errupt any moment from Mt. Simmons....it has just been different. A different kind of quiet. A restless quiet....a quiet I am not particularly fond of. The kind of quiet you experience from an injured party after you say something you wish had never spoken. Making sense now???
I am unsure of this "quiet" period. While it is quiet I speak, I pray, I sin , I repent, I pray some more, I cry out, I worship, I sin again.... you get the picture. And on the other end there is silence....a quiet silence.
Ladies, I am by far the last to try and sort out the big mystery of God and His infinate ways. I am not degreed in religion nor have I even read all of the books of the bible(I have a hard time in Leviticus if you know what I mean) but it seems to me as if during this quiet period I am having to pay extra special attention for even the slightest gesture on His part. I am having to seek and search.I am having to be still in the quiet so that I may detect that still small voice in the restlessness of my life.
I do not know if any of you are experiencing silence on the other end but I want to encourage you that if you are- you are not alone. He knows. He knows exactly what we need and what conditions our hearts are in. Fragile, prideful, broken, humble, overjoyed, devestated, conflicted....He knows.He knows the amount of quiet needed for restoration and redemption. So I leave you with this verse. I am sure many of you know it already but I have found it has much depth-
" Be still and know that I am God...." Psalm 46:10
It certainly isn't wordy in how or why we are to be still. It is commandatory to be still....while I am still in the quiet I am to KNOW that He is God. So maybe for this gal, it is in the very quiet, that I am reminded of who He is and it is not so quiet afterall.
Blessings,
Crystal
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Oh the silence.....yes, I've known the silence. I think there are several reasons we experience times of silence from the Lord. The first is obvious.....times when I fall into sin...following my own lustful desires. James says, "by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed." It is when I decide that I know what is best for my life. Surely God doesn't need to be in control of everything? I decide what I want to watch, what I want to listen to, who I want to hang out with, where I want to hang out, what I want to wear, what I want to eat and drink, how I want to raise my children, how I want to react to my husband, what I think is fair....you get the point. I follow my own worldly lusts and it separates me from God. Not that God ever stopped running to me or talking to me. I just stop listening and run away out of guilt, shame and fear. When I finally truly repent, I hear His voice again. I'm not talking about remorse....the 360 degree turn right back into my sin. I'm talking about being broken over my sin and where it has taken me. Psalm 51:17 says "a broken and contrite heart, You will not despise." When I am truly REPENTANT, I hear the Lord speak. I think there can also be silence from the Lord during tests. Best example, Abraham. Abraham heard a clear command from the Lord. In obedience Abraham followed the command...and it says "early the next morning"....it was immediate obedience. The bible doesn't say there was silence. But, I imagine that it was a very silent trip to Moriah. Not until the third day and during complete obedience, did God finally speak the word Abraham so desperately wanted to hear. I think God is often silent when we are tested to see if we will withhold anything from Him. How determined are we to follow hard after Him? Daniel is another great example of times of silence. In chapter 10, Daniel "mourned for three weeks" while waiting on a word from the Lord. Why was there silence? In verse 12 it states, "since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard....But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me 21 days." There was a spiritual battle going on that Daniel could not see. We know there is a spiritual battle going on all around us daily. Sometimes the silence is only a delay. When the battle was won, Daniel heard a word from the Lord. So, I pray that if we need to repent to hear from the Lord....that we will do it. And, we will take courage and continue to be persistent, knowing God always hears!
ReplyDeleteVERY WELL SAID Angela! God waits for us to obey the last word He gave us before He gives us something new. If we refuse to obey what He has already given, we will obey nothing He has to add--He knows this all too well! But God's Word reminds us in Psalm 103:13&14 how He deals with us, "For He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust." Praise God that in our stubborn refusals He continues to have compassion on us! Kimberlie Jones
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