A mighty voice

God thunders wondrously with his voice;

he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

By the breath of God ice is given,

and the broad waters are frozen fast.

He loads the thick cloud with moisture;

the clouds scatter his lightning.

They turn round and round by his guidance,

to accomplish all that he commands them

on the face of the habitable world.

Whether for correction, or for his land,

or for love, he causes it to happen.

Job 37:5, 10-13

As we are drawn into the realm of God, we get guidance in different ways. Sometimes we run into the very real limitations of life. Sometimes we realize we are held by a love greater than our own. And sometimes we wake up as if from deep sleep and behold God's glory, and we know that we are in God's land, and always have been.

At times, these happen simultaneously; at other times, they remain distinct. Either way, the voice by which we are called reverberates throughout creation always. It thunders with might, and yet to hear it, we must become silent.