She discovers that God's silence is ultimately God's new way of communication with her, and emerges with a deeper intimacy with God.Īs Weems has embraced marriage and motherhood, it has grown harder and harder for her to retreat from the world in order to approach God. Weems grasps her spiritual "silent seasons" firmly and wrests blessing from them. Weems's description of this process reminded me of Jacob wrestling with the angel, refusing to abandon the struggle until the angel blessed him. Silence is not quickly mistaken for rejection anymore." an insight, a revelation, a wild and crazy grace, a glimpse of eternity inserts itself upon the pages of my journal that leaves me hushed. She finds that "every now and then, in between the muck and mire. "Stalking epiphanies," Weems turns to journaling prayer to "grope, stammer, and sniff" her way to God. With passionate longing and searing honesty, she perseveres until she discovers a new language of God's presence. While most of us grit our teeth and slog through times of spiritual dryness hoping that nobody will notice, Renita Weems looks these times straight in the face.
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