So appreciated your writing and the profound wisdom here - thank you for writing it out of the depths and the honesty there. I was just thinking the other day how silent and still things feel and asking God to speak to me, so I cried reading the part where you talk about that silence and feeling the detachment and fruitlessness of the season. Reading your words gave me more hope and thankfulness that God has given me moments of simple peace and rest, even in the midst of not being able to see a step in front of me.
It means so much to me that you felt impacted by this! I think we always assume silence is a symptom that something is wrong when really silence may be the remedy to the symptom of chaos in our lives.
Yes yes yes to all of this!
So appreciated your writing and the profound wisdom here - thank you for writing it out of the depths and the honesty there. I was just thinking the other day how silent and still things feel and asking God to speak to me, so I cried reading the part where you talk about that silence and feeling the detachment and fruitlessness of the season. Reading your words gave me more hope and thankfulness that God has given me moments of simple peace and rest, even in the midst of not being able to see a step in front of me.
It means so much to me that you felt impacted by this! I think we always assume silence is a symptom that something is wrong when really silence may be the remedy to the symptom of chaos in our lives.
A familiar pit, Leighton. With thanks
Wisdom here! Such a good articulation of what a dark night can be like!
Thank you for sharing this, it resonates so well