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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 14: Something In Nothing


Once again I am sitting in the space of

NOTHING.

I feel NOTHING,

so I am trying to create

SOMETHING

so that I can not feel

NOTHING.

I am trying to make

GOD come alive,

so that

I FEEL HIM,

so that I SEE HIM,

so that I WILL have that

mountaintop experience,

so that

I KNOW GOD is with me

in the SILENCE of the morning.

BUT

GOD IS GOD whether I FEEL HIM or not.

BUT

GOD IS GOD whether I SEE HIM or not.

GOD doesn't have to DO SOMETHING

in this moment

to show HIS FACE,

because HE is ALWAYS DOING

SOMETHING in my NOTHING,

because HE IS is my SOMETHING in my NOTHING.

And right now

HE IS THE STILLNESS that is washing over me,

because HE wants me to

BE STILL

and

KNOW

that

HE IS GOD,

whether I

FEEL HIM or not.

I don't like these moments when

I FEEL as if

GOD has CLOSED HIS DOOR on me,

because of the

STILLNESS,

even though I KNOW deep down that HE hasn't.

Yet in these moments,

when the SILENCE is deafening,

I wonder where HE IS.

And HE will let me wonder and wonder

until my thoughts are wandering away.

BUT GOD STILL SHOWS UP

in these moments

as

 HE brings me to a deeper level of my

FAITH.

FAITH doesn't need

 GOD to prove HIMSELF,

so that I will

BELIEVE HE is with me

when all goes silent.

Because

FAITH is

BELIEVING in the UNSEEN.

And that my friend is when you not only

FEEL GOD smiling on you,

but you experience

HIM

so deeply

because

HE was WAITING for this moment

for when you

BELIEVE HIM with

ALL your HEART, MIND, and SOUL

And that is

LOVING HIM with ALL your HEART, MIND, and SOUL,

because

who LOVES someone who they don't

BELIEVE exists?

So I am actually

LOVING GOD

in THE STILLNESS

because

I want MORE OF HIM.

And who wants MORE of SOMEONE

who they don't LOVE?

FAITH

is

THE OPEN DOOR

to

BELIEVING

THE GOD

who

LOVES you like not other,

because

HE is ALWAYS willing to

sit with you in

THE STILLNESS

that

LOVES YOU,

so that you will

not only FEEL HIM

but you will SEE HIM

with

the eyes of your HEART.

And that my friend is

FAITH that goes beyond seeing.

So when

THE STILLNESS is overwhelmingly SILENT

and you so want to break the silence

with something else

or even someone else,

will you SEE it as an

OPEN DOOR

to

RECEIVE GOD'S invitation

to meet with you.

And then it happens.

GOD BIRTHS HIMSELF in the SILENCE.

"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"

(Psalm 46:10).

A CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, "GOD WITH US”

(Matthew 1:23).

Do you HEAR HIM?

HE HEARS you.

Do you FEEL HIM?

HE FEELS you.

Do you SEE HIM?

HE SEES you.

Where is GOD in the SILENCE?

Right where HE has always been.

"GOD IS WITH US"

(listen to the song below)



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