DAY 5 of 10 DAYS OF GRATITUDE Grateful for: The Silence

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DAY 5 of 10 DAYS OF GRATITUDE

Grateful for: The Silence

Today, I am grateful for the silence.

Those quiet days when I cried with a heavy heart, waiting on God for an answer...
And all I heard in return was silence.

Those days stretched my faith.
They taught me that even when God is silent, He is not absent.

I learned to say, “This too shall pass,”—even when nothing around me was changing.
I learned to believe in a God who sees, even when He doesn’t speak right away.

There were moments I felt the danger closing in—physically, emotionally, spiritually—and in my desperate prayers, I expected God to show up immediately.
But sometimes… He didn’t.
At least not in the way I thought He would.

He waited.
And I had to wait too.
In silence.
In surrender.

And it was in that silence that my faith matured.
Not because I heard something new, but because I chose to believe what He had already said.

Some of God’s most powerful interventions in my life have come at what felt like the last minute.
Just when I thought I couldn’t take another step.
Just when I was about to give up.
That’s when the breakthrough came.

And looking back, I understand why now.
In the silence, He was strengthening me.
He was letting me see what I truly believed.
He was building my endurance, trust, and dependence.

Sometimes, God's silence isn't rejection.
It’s protection.
It’s preparation.
It’s Him doing a deep, quiet work in the background.

And I’m learning to say thank You—not just for the answered prayers, but for the silent seasons that shaped me.

Gratitude Check-In:

• Have you ever experienced God's silence?

• What did it teach you?

If you're in a silent season right now, take heart.
He’s still with you.
And when the time is right, He always speaks.

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