Spiritual Journey Blog

Most people don’t struggle to believe God exists. They struggle to notice Him. Not in the big moments—but in the ordinary ones. In the in-between parts of life that feel like nothing is happening at all.

If you’ve ever felt like: You don't know which way to go Your brain feels foggy You can't feel God's presence This is for you. The issue is that you have too much noise blocking out God's Voice.

One of the hardest things to untangle in spiritual life is that our feelings don’t always tell us the truth about reality. Feeling distant from God can come from different places. But the cause is not always the absence of God. Often it is the noise around us that drowns out awareness.

There is a quiet struggle that many people of faith never say out loud. We want to feel God. We want to hear Him clearly. We want confirmation that He is near. But most days feel ordinary. No burning bushes. No loud voice from heaven. No unmistakable signs. And so we begin to wonder…“Is God even speaking to me?”

When you use your hands to create, you bypass the "humming mind" that stays stuck on worries and to-do lists. It opens a doorway for you to stop talking at God and start walking with Him. You realize that wisdom isn't usually a lightning bolt—it's the quiet, generous gift that fills the spaces where you once felt only silence.

Think of ornamental alliums as the overachievers of the family. Just as the Allium rises above the garden bed to see clearly, God invites us to lift our eyes above the “mental fog” of daily chores, work, and stress. When you stop waiting for the fire and start positioning your “umbel” toward the Son, the silence begins to fill with His generous guidance.

You don’t feel God's presence because there is too much noise in your day-to-day routine to hear him. We want the sky to crack open. We want Him to say, "Michele, do this." When we don't get the pyrotechnics, we assume we’ve been met with the same cold spiritual silence the Israelites felt during four centuries of slavery. Remember, Moses wasn't hunting for a miracle that day; he was just trying to keep track of his sheep.

While modern culture associates stillness with quiet meditation, the biblical command in Psalm 46:10 carries a much deeper meaning. In Hebrew, the word for "Be Still" is raphah. In this context, it doesn't just mean to sit in silence; it is an active command to "stop your busyness" or "drop your weapons".

“Mental Fog,” or as some call it, “Brain Fog,” is a constant inner noise that keeps us from focusing on the job at hand. Besides slowing us down as we try to complete projects, mental fog can lead to physical exhaustion, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and even spiritual exhaustion. When your mind is this crowded, it becomes difficult to notice the small reminders God places in your path to lead you back to Him.

Worldly abundance is often defined as a "very large quantity" of things like time, money, or patience. However, the problem with "more" is that there is never a ceiling; extra time is eventually filled and extra money is spent, causing that sense of abundance to slip away. In juxtaposition, spiritual abundance is about God’s grace being sufficient even in the middle of a mess.

Knowledge is generally an awareness, understanding, or specific information that you gain through experience, study, or observation. It is something that is learned. It requires you to make the effort to gain the awareness, understanding, or information. ​​ From a Biblical perspective, wisdom is much more than knowledge. Wisdom is divine insight that guides you in your life. Wisdom is a treasure given to you, and we should seek it out through our relationship with God. ​

The worldly view of abundance is having more stuff. Webster's dictionary actually defines it as “a very large quantity of something.” The problem with more is that there is never a ceiling for needing more. It happens slowly. Eventually, the extra time is filled, the extra money is allocated or spent, and you find your abundance slipping away. In juxtaposition, a spiritual abundance is all about God’s grace being sufficient in the middle of the mess.