It was still. It was quiet I had never experienced before. Funny thing was that stillness happened at 3:00 am in the middle of my backyard. We back up to a very busy, construction filled street. Quiet in our backyard is something you don’t hear often. But on this particular morning as I took Mabel out for her middle of the night potty break, I found myself standing in the middle of the yard just listening to the incredible quiet. There is always a car speeding by even at 3:00 am, but this morning…no cars at all. That was a first! I looked up and saw stars and clouds moving swiftly across the sky, yet it was so still as I sat there. No wind at all. I just closed my eyes and listened. I think it was the most still and quiet I have ever experienced. It was as if God stopped me at that moment in time to take a deep breath and take it all in. To be present, and just listen. It’s amazing what you hear when you stop, and listen! After a week that could go down in history as “its own adjective” I was reminded to stop and be still in that moment. I just soaked in His presence. God was working behind the scenes, and always had been, just like those clouds were moving swiftly above me.
As I was still, there was so much clarity. He reminded me that I was always on His mind. Always. That the week that was
“it’s own adjective” was in His amazing plan and purpose. His hand was on it all, and in the stillness I could feel that purpose and love more than ever. Somehow “busy” causes you to forget just how much He is working behind the scenes for our good. I don’t think it was coincidence that my devotion was also talking about this very same thing today. God had even stopped the writer in the story to stop and look at the clouds and remind her she was not forgotten! I love those God moments, don’t you?
Have you ever been so busy praying for a need that you almost become fixated on what wasn’t happening instead of what was? I realized that in my own life recently with a prayer it seemed I had been praying for so long, but no answer (or so I thought) was God even listening? Had he forgotten me? Turns out He was working on that prayer for a long time and it all came to fruition just at the right time. His perfect time. And His timing could not have been better! Turns out His answer was so much better, and far beyond what I dreamed or even prayed! And even in those broken moments I felt so inconvenienced and “left”, were really divine interventions where God was literally saving my life. And what I learned along the way was preparing me for the next step and season. But He knew that. Why was I surprised? Even through all 
my whining “Jesus do you hear me?” He never stopped working. While I was focused on what “was not”, He was focused on “what was”. And His “what was” turned out to be the beginning of a season He was preparing for me all along. Just like those clouds were ever moving, so was God.
For those of you who feel forgotten, and you wonder if God even hears your prayers. You are tired, you are weary and even question your purpose in life. I promise you, He hears you. You are not forgotten. He’s preparing you, re-defining your purpose, teaching you, and loving you in the “what was” to give you your “why!” And your “why” is beautiful. Friend, hang on. He hears you and He’s on His way with the answer that is perfect to the prayer you are praying. And I promise it will be beyond what you even prayed for. Hang on! Your “why” is coming!
Isaiah 42:16
