Kings

During my morning reading yesterday, this verse jumped out and hit me across the face.  Well, maybe not exactly, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since.  Sometimes God is in the whisper when we really want him to be as big, obvious, and powerful as a hurricane or earthquake.  My heart has been heavy lately as some of my close friends are going through some really hard things. Today, I’m praying that the gentle and quiet whisper be close.  That His still small voice be a comforting embrace that brings peace and rest.  

1 Kings 11-12:

Then he was told, "Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by." 

A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn't to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn't in the earthquake; and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn't in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.