Soul Snack 8/78 ... The Word Whisperer
Dust wildly furled high above the rustic fencing rails, whipped up by savage hoofs now squarely aimed at it's trainer. This stallion would submit to no restraint. He had suffered too long and too painfully at the hands of previous masters.In 1810 Daniel ('the horse whisperer') Sullivan died. This Irish rehabilitator of horses would pacify the most violent and difficult of horses. Into their distress and trauma he would whisper. Through his whispering they would find peace.
Elijah's life was under a dire death threat from queen Jezebel, his entire being collapsed after the glorious victory over Baal. A traumatised Elijah had traveled 40 days and nights to Mt Sinai. (Sadness may often lead to solitude.)
Into Elijah's solitude, amidst his distress, God softly enters. He arrives with neither cataclysm or shouting. (God does need to be loud when He has your attention). God comes and gently whispers to Elijah. This is how God approaches His own who are attentive to Him. God chooses to speak to me when I can easily hear Him.
After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. ... 1 Kings 19:12
Into my distress heaven will whisper well being into my soul. Into my distress He whispers His refreshing goodness. God will not shout to my sad soul, instead He'll softly affirm it.