Emily Robison Adams remembers the feeling well—like she’d been put in a cast iron pot with the lid placed on top, unable to feel God’s presence in her life. Shaken and disoriented, she tried everything she could think of to reach Him, and yet she felt nothing. God was silent. But at her mother’s encouragement, Emily wrote down what she was experiencing through this supposed silence, and in the process she began to believe that God wasn’t silent at all—He was just being quiet, providing the necessary space for Emily to learn and grow. On this week’s episode, Emily shares some of the principles that began to shift her paradigm and renew her belief that God really does know what each of us needs.

Show Notes

1:57- The Beginning of the Quiet

5:46- Reframing the Lack of Noise

12:28- People Who Listen Without Freaking Out

19:12- Rethinking Doubt

26:50- Seeking Appropriate Help

31:29- Remembering 

33:41- Why Does God Sometimes Disappoint Us?

37:43- Things That Were Helpful

42:25- Likening the Scriptures

45:47- Worth the Wrestle?

49:25- What Does It Mean to Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

“Leading life with an open hand instead of a closed fist has been really helpful to me and it’s led me to a place where I’m not certain about many things at all and astonishingly, that’s the best place to be.” —Emily Robison Adams

Links

Divine Quietness book