If heaven feels especially quiet tonight, don’t mistake the silence for being unheard. Every prayer has reached God, including the ones you barely had the strength to finish.
Angel: She thinks we’ve stopped listening.
God: We’ve never stopped. Remind her tonight.
Angel: She’s been feeling like her prayers are getting lost.
God: I know. The wait has gone on so long that she’s convinced she’s talking to an empty room. Every prayer she sends feels like it’s landing in silence.
The silence isn’t rejection
Jacqueline Whitney
Angel: It isn’t silence.
God: No. It’s preparation. I hear every prayer. I’ve been answering some of them in ways she hasn’t recognized yet. And the ones I haven’t answered are being held for the right moment.
Angel: How do we remind her?
God: Send her something tonight. A moment of peace. A song that finds her. A memory that makes her feel warm. Anything that reminds her the room isn’t empty. That the silence isn’t rejection. That I’ve been in every conversation, even when it looked one-sided.
Angel: Will she believe it?
God: She’s ready to. She just needs to be reminded. Keep whispering. She’s closer than she thinks.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
