Safely Held in Solitude

Moments of aloneness don’t always come in silence. Sometimes they linger even when others fill the room. Yet in those quiet corners of the heart, God gently calls us closer…to pause, to reflect, and to remember to rest in His nearness.

When quiet ache comes,

do not fear its arrival.

Let it enter. Not as an enemy,

but as a teacher.

For solitude is not emptiness,

it is sacred space…

a whispering ground where God meets our soul and reminds us who we are.

In the stillness, we see what we’ve been clinging to, and what no longer serves the person we’re becoming.

We notice the voices that surround us and the One that calls us deeper.

We are not strangers to Him.

He knows every ache, every longing,

every spark of hope hidden

beneath the weight of silence.

When the heart grows quiet,

do not turn away.

Be still, for even in the hush,

we are safely held in His hands.

And when others wander through that quiet valley, may they find in me a genuine soul with a steady shoulder,

a vessel of love both given and received.