When God Feels Quiet After Loss

Faith in the Silence After Loss

There is a quiet that comes after loss that feels different from any other silence you have known.

It is not peaceful. It is not restful. It is the kind that settles into rooms and rearranges the air. It follows you from one part of the house to another. It lingers in the early morning and stretches long into the evening. Even ordinary sounds seem altered.

And sometimes, in the middle of that quiet, God feels quiet too.

You still pray. You still open your Bible. You still sit in the same place where