Faith is a guiding force meant to influence every part of our daily lives—our decisions, our words, and how we handle stress. But it is incredibly difficult to hear that guiding voice when the world around us is constantly screaming for our attention. Between managing a household, parenting, working, and keeping up with the endless notifications on our phones, true silence has become a luxury. I’ve learned that if I wait for the perfect, uninterrupted hour of silence to fall into my lap, it’s never going to happen. We have to intentionally build spaces for quiet. For me, that means creating micro-moments of pause throughout the day. Sometimes it’s waking up just fifteen minutes before the rest of the house stirs to sit by the window with a warm mug.
