The Grace of God’s Silence

“Silence is necessary in order to develop a faith that is not dependent on action or feeling. You won’t need to fill the silence with your own assumptions about what God is doing, because your faith will allow for mystery.” —Melissa Maimone in The Radiant Midnight

Admittedly, I have been in my own silent midnight. As Melissa puts it so well in her book, it’s the being stuck in “not yet” and it beginning to feel like “not ever”. It’s a heavy and heart wrenching walk. This dream of our ranch seemingly keeps hitting roadblocks: of time, of resources, of possibilities. And between you and me, I keep getting older (what’s up with that?) and aging feels harder when you feel you are grasping at air to make a dream come true.

Psalm 62 says “For God alone my soul waits in silence.” I won’t share what happened in my quiet time, because it could come off as some magic formula of what to do in your midnight. All of our relationships with God are as unique and individual as we are. But HE BROKE THE SILENCE. And I praise him for it. The vision is bright and alive again…marrying my two passions of math and horses.

This summer Seven Hills will be offering two-week long math enrichment horse camps. The details will be revealed with time, but for now the vision includes a pop up tent , one-on-one with a kiddo for 90 minutes, playing math games and then exploring all the ranch has to offer. My heart leaps for joy even as I type this, thinking of how hearts can and will be touched.

So as I begin to pray and explore the numbers, details, dates, ideas…the digging into YouCubed, setting up Patreon, creating flyers, etc., would you PRAY? What Seven Hills needs now is someone to guide us and set up our 501c status pro-bono. I know God has tapped someone on the shoulder to help. I’m trusting he/she will respond.

“The grace of God’s silence is that you can trust it as much as you can trust His voice.” —Melissa Maimone in The Radiant Midnight