You are being called. Are you listening?
How is it so easy to ignore the voice of someone who loves you so deeply? In a world filled with chaos and noise, it often feels as though that voice is being drowned out on purpose.
At times, it feels as if some foreign presence is crashing cymbals at the foot of my bed—both as I fall asleep and when I wake. Sometimes the noise comes as anxiety; other times it arrives as worry, depression, or haste. It is physically exhausting and emotionally draining—and not without reason.
Over time, I’ve learned that I can retreat from this onslaught of internal noise. When I try to stop, focus, and trust with intention, the noise grows louder and louder, fighting for control, until a final moment arrives. Then, almost out of nowhere, the clamor is cast out and replaced by a whisper.
Sometimes the whisper is brief. Other times, it lingers throughout the day. Yet this whisper is more powerful than any distraction this world can generate.
For so long I wandered—wondered—never truly knowing what these moments were or what they meant. My mind remained clouded with worry and concern: for myself, for others, for problems and opportunities alike. I spent most of my life following the noises and distractions, unknowingly running from the whisper.
I worked and created. I built a life out of what I thought I wanted. I made decisions guided by noise, not truth. I put my trust in myself and in other people. I convinced myself I could handle it all on my own. Until it was all ripped away—torn from my grip. I held so tightly to the belief that life would simply bend in my favor because it was what I wanted. I ignored the whisper until it became an unavoidable crack of thunder.
I am humbled. But I am loved.
And now, I am listening.
You are being called. Are you listening?