Day 3 - blah-g post

I love the days when I read the bible and the words pop out and speak to me. Day 1 and 2 were both like that. Today there is no inspiration, nothing pops out, nothing is speaking to me. It is in these times that I can question God and easily think "where are you?"Maybe God is speaking, just speaking through silence...if that makes sense.  I remember when I was at the beach during Fall break. I had been through a rough few months. I was not "feeling" God.  Things had been so silent for quite awhile. I guess I had been a little depressed and not hearing/feeling God made things worse. I went walking early one morning with Mike along the beach. I remember looking out at the waves and noticing their beauty. I then looked at the shells on the sand and noticed their beauty. I began to thank God for all the beauty he floods on us. He was still silent, but I heard so much that morning. Psalm 46:10 says "Be still, and know that I am God." NO matter what situations you are facing or what stress may be going on in your life, I want to encourage you all to just "be still" and look for all the beauty around you. In today's devotional from the www.awake21.org website it says, "When we pray and fast, we don't do so to change God or His will, by praying and fasting, we are the ones changed." I do believe that anytime we draw near to God, it is not God that changes, it is us...even if we draw near and it is silent.