#SILENCE

[chapelofchic]

[inkpressedpetals]

[sadpinkmoon]

Nunca he dejado de querer m0r*r, solo deje de decirtelo

[thomastanker02]

We often wonder why God is silent towards us.

Why is our Lord and Father silent when we consistently pray to him, and ask him to bring us closer to him? Why does he not answer our prayers, and we remain feeling distant from him?

But heres the thing. We end up being so caught up into trying to get an answer from God, that we forget that it’s in the silence that he often speaks the loudest.

God is anything but distant from us. In fact, he is closer than the very air we breathe, closer than our own skin. If someone where this close to you, they wouldn’t speak to you in a normal volume, they would whisper.

This is how God often speaks to us, through gentle whispers in our hearts and souls.

Remember the story of Elijah. The Lord had sent a strong wind, an earthquake, and a fire down from heaven. But God was not in any of these. Instead, he communicated with Elijah through a gentle whisper.

It’s there where Elijah communed with the Lord, and where God strengthened him.

It’s in silence that we can finally make out the gentle whispers that God is sending to us in our times of need and despair.

But situations can obviously differ depending on the person. God’s silence towards us can mean many different things.

Silence could be a sign that you need to get right with God. There still could be sin creeping into your life that you may not know about.

Silence could mean that God is preparing you, and building up your faith. It can mean that your faith will still be rooted in him, even when you don’t have the answers to anything that you are looking for.

Silence can mean a call to humility. God doesn’t owe us anything. If he decides to not give us an answer, or answer a prayer, then we must be content with his will. The silence can be an act of spiritual discipline, meaning that you’ll be growing stronger in him day by day.

While there are many reasons as to why the Lord can be silent to us, one thing remains clear, it’ll always be what we need.

A good father doesn’t give his children everything they want, but everything they need. The Lord will always give us what we need to get us back on the right track with him, or to build up our faith.

Nothing that God does is meaningless.

So I urge you, cling to God in the silence, and let his word your light in what appears to be a dark place. You will soon hear from him again, and when you do, he will be saying, “Well done”.

God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️

[feral-ballad]

I’m kissing you and I’m next to you, in silence, hearing your heartbeat.

Gabriela Mistral, tr. by Velma García-Gorena, from Gabriela Mistral’s Letters to Doris Dana; “January 8, 1950”

[diaryyun]

[kamala-laxman]

Your soul holds the answers your mind can’t always reach. In silence, it speaks. In stillness, it leads. When you trust its wisdom, you’ll never feel lost. Wayne Dyer

[silentsalty]

Dark Angel was still injured but you could see her attempt to train

“What did I say?”

[bats-210]

The view I need right now 🥺

[hereiswhatremains]

"I watched life and wanted to be a part of it but found it painfully difficult."

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6: 1955-1966

[metamorphesque]

― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

[silentsalty]

“That was where I died… and where I began..”

“Moondroop?”

"Ah- M-mad... hey..."

[caffichai]

Silence handily defeated the competition in the last

Patreon poll! Therefore, she got to have a lovely night with Ptilopsis. What a lucky lady!

[Less chaste version available on Bluesky]

[lauramakabresku]

God's grace wanders at night among the fields of the soul

[ancientsstudies]

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

ig credit: sofikulin.