Comments on: Silence of God

By: Mama

Mama — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:32:19 +0000

Jon, I really needed to read this and to read the beautiful posts of everyone commenting. I am so thankful too that we have a Savior who knows pain and suffering and because He does we are comforted through The Holy Spirit. The awesome thing is that He uses us if we’re willing to be administers of His Spirit, and you and Layne are being blessed in just that way :)

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:22:45 +0000

Wow! I just had the opportunity to read this post in its entirety. . .and then. . .to share it with Joe when he called a few minutes ago. There is One who knows so well the silence of God. Where we question, he knows. Where we feel frustration, he knows. Where we doubt, he knows. He knows, he knows. . . . God has given you a depth of wisdom, an insight, that allows you to embrace the sick and dying, to sit with them, weep with them, sorrow with them, and in those precious moments that may seem far apart – rejoice with them. May he continue to be your supply.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:42:44 +0000

Very eloquent words. In one way or another, we all go through something where we feel the Silence of God. Where is He? Why doesn’t He answer? Why don’t I feel that He is working on the situation?

I firmly believe we experiance the silence because God is too busy cradling us in His hands. Pray, pray and pray some more. That’s what we should do every-single-day.

I’m glad we are never alone! My prayers go out to y’all.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:48:44 +0000

May our Elder Brother helps us learn by his example — to enter into the pain, suffering, and waiting … alongside those who are experiencing God’s silence. I hope I can be like Jesus in that way. Not just pat someone on the back and say, “I’m praying for you,” but to weep and groan with them. To stop my busy life, and take the time to empathize. I have the sense that perhaps God is sometimes silent because He is offering us that role. It would be so much easier if God just said or did something to “fix” things. Then I would not have to stand there thinking “What can I do? How can I help?”
Do I really want to enter into the painful place with a suffering one?