10.13.2025 | Ordinary Monday

Looking Up: Where Trust Is Sown in Silence
 
It’s a cloudy morning in the Garden. The kind of sky that invites stillness. I spend so much time looking down—at the soil, the roots, the work beneath my feet—that I often forget to lift my gaze and see the grandeur above. The clouds drifting overhead are more than weather; they are quiet teachers of change, movement, and mystery. They carry us into deeper communion with the Creator of all things.
 
I rarely pause to consider the spiritual significance of the sky. Yet this dark, brooding morning mirrors my own emotions and beckons me toward quiet reflection. There’s something sacred in the gloom—a call to embrace the currents of life, to quiet the noise, and to listen for clarity. These moments ask us to dig deeper, to seek understanding not just of the path, but of the One who walks it with us.
 
Today, I gazed upward and listened to the whispers. The clouds seem to speak: Pause. Listen. Be still. They stretch across the heavens like a canvas of mystery, inviting us to ponder the vastness of creation and the intimacy of divine presence.
 
I needed this reminder—to open my heart and feel a sense of belonging again. To hear the whisper of love nudging me toward trust, even when trust feels hard. I look into the dark clouds and search for rain, and in that searching, I find comfort. We are not alone. The Creator is still creating. The Creator is still communicating.
 
So, take a moment. Listen. Participate in the beautiful conversation unfolding all around you—in the sky, in the silence, in the soul.
 
Where trust is sown in silence, grace grows unseen.
“He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain…” — Psalm 147:8