Quiet

Hopewriter Challenge Quiet
I am finding myself in a season of quiet and to be honest, I’m not sure like it. After two decades of a home that was busting at the seams, like an overstuffed suitcase; a home full of life and joy and messy things - the quiet and the space feels very unfamiliar to me. The quiet leaves me with the sense of being unanchored and gives me a strange craving for stationary things. But, try as I might, I can’t get my kids to be little again. I can’t stay forever in a season I loved. Things are changing. It’s quiet and it’s uncomfortable.

But today on my walk, this verse from Isaiah stuck in my ear like the AirPods I heard it in. It says; “For this is what the Lord God the Holy One of Israel says; In repentance and rest you will be saved. In quietness and trust is your strength. “

And like a worked up child with matted hair and tear stained cheeks, I found my way back to you. You invited me to trust You and rest. You reminded me that strength comes in the quieting and in the knowing that You have this and You have me. And these quiet spaces You offer are places for just me and You. Maybe just maybe, quiet is ushering in a season of beautiful things too.