There are no words…

There are no words…Some days there are no words, some would call that writers block, but I think the lack of elegant prose and analogies doesn’t just fall to those who put pen to paper. Some days there are just not words or logic to make sense of all that spins around us, we find ourselves in the center of a busy life, just putting one foot in front of the other. There are days when I can make perfect sense of all that comes my way and then there are other days where I just put up my shield and persevere.

I think we often feel that there must be words in order to find purpose or that a day without perspective is a day without purpose. I know I often beat myself up or think that I am missing the key elements of my life when I don’t have the energy, the time, or the clarity to write what I’m feeling, what I’ve learned, or what God is showing me.

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

We don’t have to fill the silence with noise, when there are no words there is still meaning. True perseverance and true purpose come when we can take our life in stride one day at a time, when we can make the most of what has been given to us and when there are no words, we can accept that silence does not equate emptiness.

The deepest and truest relationships of my life are the ones where I don’t even have to say a word and yet the other person knows exactly what I’m feeling, there is that bond, that ability to be so connected that the silence does not threaten the relationship. Our relationship with God is no different, the silence does not threaten him, He instead looks into our hearts and hears what our soul speaks, and he in turn communicates with us through nature, through sights, through emotion, more often than not—without a single word.