Have you ever begged God for an answer and got silence so loud that it rattled your faith?

Well, you're not alone. And this month, we're going to tackle the idea of our faith isn't fragile.

Our faith ain't fragile is what we're going to call it. And the goal is really to unpack this kind of awkward tension that we live in when we have a hope for something,

but we're in the delay. And so I hope that you'll just plug in. I'm Havilla Cunnington.

We're going to spend the whole month on this topic. And today, we're really going to hit

kind of that core concept of when God is silent, but everything else feels loud. So grab

your cup of coffee, your walking shoes,

and maybe plug in your device, because we're going to spend a few minutes together unpacking this

and hopefully giving you some real things to hold onto in the middle of your waiting season.

So I asked the question before, how you ever begged God for an answer and then got silence.

Gosh, I know I have.

And when I was younger in the Lord, I used to think it was because I had sin in my life,

or maybe I missed something, or maybe he was kind of trying to control the narrative by like

withholding from me so I would do the right thing.

And I was really amazed as I've

grown in God and spent decades serving him that that was bad theology. Like that theology

was not helpful because that was behavioral like modification rather than a heart and

relational connection. So we're going to talk about what it looks like when God is silent, but he's not absent.

In fact, his silence is often his strategy.

So I'm wondering if you're like me, if you've ever pulled the car over and you cried

because it felt like heaven was silent right in the middle of your crisis.

I wonder if you've ever felt

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