Spiritual Journey Blog

We live in a world that constantly tells us abundance is something we have to chase, catch, and frantically hoard. We are trained to measure our worth by the speed of our schedules, the size of our bank accounts, or the pristine appearance of our homes. If you’ve got a "noisy brain" like mine—one that races like a squirrel with human tendencies—the constant cultural hum of "more, faster, better" can quickly run you straight into the ground.

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.

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.

Scripture is full of moments where people almost missed God because they were waiting for something bigger. In 1 Kings 19:11–12, Elijah expected God in the wind, the earthquake, and the fire. But God wasn’t in any of them. He was in the whisper. That detail has always felt uncomfortable. Not because it’s unclear—but because it requires attention. A whisper forces you to lean in. And most of us are not leaning in—we are scanning for signs.

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.