What’s Brewing – Waiting for Words

“The good news is, Zachariah, God has heard your prayers and your wife Elizabeth will have a child, and this child is going to be amazing; he will be the one who will announce the coming of the Son of God. The bad news is – because you didn’t believe my words, you will have no words. You will be silent until your child is born.” Luke 1: 13 – 20; SSV (Sandy Snavely Version).

I wonder, if like me, Zachariah was full of words. I wonder if when he and his fellow priests were in deep debate about the jots and tittles of life, Zach just had to have the last and final word. I wonder if he woke up talking and went to bed yammering in his sleep. I wonder if all Jerusalem knew that if, Zachariah was thinking it, he was saying it.

Then silence. No words. Only thoughts without sound. I feel like that this morning. A dear friend emailed me last night with the news that she has cancer. Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer to be precise. And I have no words. No tears. No emotion. Just silence – in every available format.

I feel as if God reached in, twisted the knob, and shut off the flow, so I could hear Him whisper to my grieving, fearful, and wordless heart, ” Sandy, be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10).

In the quiet, wordless world of Zachariah, there was nothing for him to do but listen. Then, nine months later, an infant’s first cry shattered the silence and Zachariah’s first words erupted in shouts of praise. And six months later a virgin named Mary listened to her infant child as He drew His first breath of mortal air. The silence between God and man was broken, while millions of angels filled the skies with greater shouts of praise. ”

“Glory to God in highest heaven,

and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” Luke 2:14

For today, in this time of silence, there is that still small voice whispering peace to my soul. Wait, Sandy. Wait until you see My power displayed in My servant, Bonnie. Wait. Watch. Trust. Believe. Store up your words for shouts of praise. Wait. Wait. Wait.  And so, for now, we wait; in God approved silence. In that place where groaning rises up in prayer. What goes up must come down. To the praise of our Eternal God.

Love and joy, Sandy

What’s Brewing – Waiting for Words was first posted on December 14, 2014 at 10:30 am.
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