the missing sharing

The following verses relate to my personal experience. How God is able to be in the powerful wind, destructive earthquake, etc, but He chose to be in the gentle whisper. God wants us to know Him, and He is very willing to let us know all there is to know about Him. All we have to do is open up and listen. Don’t drown yourself with music, work, friends, etc, which might be ways for you to know God, but ultimately, you need to listen to His voice. This is between you and God.

1 Kings 19:11-12
11 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by."
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

A few days before the New Years, I couldn’t fall asleep. I was getting extremely tiresome of trying to fall asleep. Eventually, I stopped trying to sleep and got up in my bed. I pulled up the blinds, opened the window, and just sat there. There was a gentle breeze. At first I was quite hot, so it was relieved. The whole house was dark, not a single light was lit. The streets were dimly lit, since it was 3am. The usual noises of cars rushing down Finch and dogs barking were all gone. It was, believe it or not, silent. Once in a while, I would hear water dripping onto the ground. It was that quiet. As I sat there, I slowly took in everything that was in front of me. The wind, the snow, the water dripping… How would it be cold enough to be snowing, but at the same time, warm enough for the snow on my roof to melt? It was quite amazing. I learned one thing that night. "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Romans 1:20 Creation is screaming God’s name. God is at work everywhere, and every day we pass by God, but yet we don’t take any notice of Him. While at church, we ask each other, “Hey, why isn’t God telling me what to do? Where is God in this world?” What more proofs do we need? God has given us everything, and yet we’re still asking Him to show us His greatness. During the hour that I was up, breathing God in, he gave me peace. He also gave me hope, because I know that God was stirring me up and trying make me get back to Him by just surrendering my time to Him.

--a.