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Now and then I receive emails from people expressing how they long to hear the Voice of the Lord, or feel His Presence. They tell of years or lifetimes that they have gone without any sense of Jesus' nearness, or inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
They go into deep hearted emotional detail how night and day they are searching for Him, for any signs or a touch. They are always faithfully reading their Bibles, praying and worshiping. Yet, there are times they go without doing any of those things out of sincere pain and longsuffering. Still, they somehow arise after a time and keep going on.
I understand this "place." I too have experienced years of silence, feeling and hearing nothing. Looking back now I can honestly say sensitively, that Jesus was there the whole time. I cannot tell anyone why God is silent in many lives. That is for Him to say when we get to heaven.
During the longest years of silence, I made up my mind. One day I came to a very real place of complete surrender to His being silent. When I look back I now know I was brought there. I bowed myself and kissed His beautiful hand and told Him I accepted His silence, even if it were for the rest of my life. Then a great peace permeated my entire being. It was some years after when I felt His Presence and heard His Voice.
Perhaps it is time for you to arrive at that same place. Only you can know it because a powerful peace will bring you to it. Keep a quiet and restful mind and go on softly until that day. It will come.
"In acceptance lieth peace." - Amy Carmichael
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Click here: PayPal: paypal.me/JoanStahl
**Please prayerfully consider becoming a ministry partner:
Patreon: patreon.com/joaniestahl
**Contact Email: jsfieldnotes@gmail.com
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Now and then I receive emails from people expressing how they long to hear the Voice of the Lord, or feel His Presence. They tell of years or lifetimes that they have gone without any sense of Jesus' nearness, or inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
They go into deep hearted emotional detail how night and day they are searching for Him, for any signs or a touch. They are always faithfully reading their Bibles, praying and worshiping. Yet, there are times they go without doing any of those things out of sincere pain and longsuffering. Still, they somehow arise after a time and keep going on.
I understand this "place." I too have experienced years of silence, feeling and hearing nothing. Looking back now I can honestly say sensitively, that Jesus was there the whole time. I cannot tell anyone why God is silent in many lives. That is for Him to say when we get to heaven.
During the longest years of silence, I made up my mind. One day I came to a very real place of complete surrender to His being silent. When I look back I now know I was brought there. I bowed myself and kissed His beautiful hand and told Him I accepted His silence, even if it were for the rest of my life. Then a great peace permeated my entire being. It was some years after when I felt His Presence and heard His Voice.
Perhaps it is time for you to arrive at that same place. Only you can know it because a powerful peace will bring you to it. Keep a quiet and restful mind and go on softly until that day. It will come.
"In acceptance lieth peace." - Amy Carmichael
