I took this picture from the top of Mount Willard,

in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire,

a couple weeks ago.

just imagine standing up there, feeling the wind blow,

knowing that God’s voice is not in the wind,

but in the whispered silence that follows.

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The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.  After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

1 Kings 19:11-12