when silence falls..

summer.. doesn't it bring pictures of fun, hecticness, wild nights with friends, sunny days, plans, non-stopness? but sometimes, silence falls.. and it might tend to hit us hard.. maybe summer is not what we expected, maybe we wanted much more and thought that silence is far from what you want, that silence and calmness in summer is totally not fun, it's not summer at all.. maybe having big expectations and wanting to chuck everything in just three or four months is what we wanted, and we get to see that we didnt manage to do everything for various reasons.. and that might make you bored of your life, it might make you feel dissatisfied of the days which are passing by, or it might make you thirst for even crazier stuff which at the end of the day will not really satisfy you anyway..

what if, maybe, summer was more than just plans, plans and more plans? don't get me wrong, planning is great!! but what if summer is a time of silence too, of relaxation, where you just spend time with yourself and enjoy the simplicities of life? maybe its a time to wake up early and listen to the birds, maybe a time where you can just look at the sun rising from the horizon and really let God marvel you.. maybe it's a time to spend some precious time with people who you rarely spend time with them.. it's like we overrate holidays, personally i do, and i might get disappointed that i'm not flying off cliffs like bunjee jumping.. maybe we need to appreciate moments of calmness, because there we can really look deep inside us, and see what we might need to face one time or another...

personally, i'm a person who just loves being on the go, but likes moments of silence.. but sometimes, silence scares me because it might bring me face to face with realities that i don't wana face and tackle.. but if moments of silence didnt exist, i'd just keep on pushing myself to the edge until i explode, which is really not what i need.. what i know is that God calls me more than ever during these moments of silence.. or maybe it's me who listens more, cause in those hectic moments i'm just too hassled to actually stop and listen. "Peace be still, and know that I am God." (Psalm 46: 10) it's God himself who tells us to get still, to just stop whatever's happening, to actually let go of plans, stress, human beings, and just be there with God..

and at the end of the day, when silence falls, it's God's calming voice which passes through those clouds like bright rays that can warm your heart.. knowing that God can pull me through anything in life just gives me a peace which I'll keep on cherishing for ever.. how beautiful it is to know that i can just lay in His arms, not worrying where to go, what to say or do.. just there, being assured that He's the reason you're living.. that He can give you the fulfilment you really need.. be still, and believe that He is God.. that He can do all things, that He created you for a purpose, that you're given value, that you're His.