Carry Quiet: Spiritual Rhythms for Loud Seasonsಮಾದರಿ

From Holley

When the calendar is full, the to-do list long, and the needs around you never-ending, it can be easy to feel like God wants to hurry your heart too. But the invitation for your life is not about how much you can accomplish, how fast you can go. The invitation of your life is about intimacy.

The God who loves you is still asking, “Will you walk with me?” He did so in the cool of the Garden with Adam and Eve and on the shores of Galilee with fishermen. He does so now with you in the ordinary happenings of your existence.

The natural pace of your soul is slow. Not hurried or worried, not rushing or pushing. Look at the speckled bird eggs, the drift of cotton ball clouds and the rhythm of the salty waves. The God who spoke all you see into being created you too.

He has no trouble with His to-do list. He’s not asking you to be more productive. He knows that our lives are only a flicker, our glory like wildflowers, that we are all just building sandcastles on the shores of eternity.

Do you tell the tiny sparrow’s eggs when to hatch, a million butterflies when they’re to leave their cocoons, every new baby when to emerge from the womb?

Trust the Master and Maker of all life, the only one who knows the right moment for everything.

He will not delay your journey with Him, but He will not rush it either.

God said one of His names is “I Am.”

This means, among other things, that where you can find Him is in the present. Right here, right now, in the beating of your heart and the breath in your lungs. He is in the nowness of your life, the meals at the table, the miles spent in your car, the hush that comes when you finally turn off the lamp by your bed.

Ecclesiastes tells us that for everything there is a season. God is okay with where you are today. He’s not tapping His toe impatiently. He’s not looking at His watch with a sigh. He’s not trying to get you out the door a few minutes sooner. The God who loves you is willing to give you the time you need. All of eternity belongs to Him, and He is generous with it.

Everything your soul needs is already yours in this moment. You are loved. You are accepted. You are enough. You are fully known. You are on your way Home. It is okay to take your time getting there.

Spiritual Rhythm: Pause and notice what you see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. Be fully in the present, knowing God is with you. Pray, “God, you are with me now. You are with me always. Today I will walk with you. Amen.”

Tomorrow, walk into the roar and find quiet, even when the noise won't stop.