Morning Stillness

“Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” – Proverbs 15:11 The house is quiet. The day hasn’t yet begun its usual hum. In stillness, I open the Word—not out of habit, but hunger. Isabel lies peacefully nearby, unaware. And then, these words: “Hell and destruction are before the Lord...” The verse lands with weight.

The unseen, the unfathomable, the places no one dares to tread—God sees them all. Not one shadow is hidden from Him. Not in the realms beyond death, and not within you. “...how much more then the hearts of the children of men?” God doesn’t just know what’s out there in the great beyond.

He knows you—the quiet fears you can’t quite name, the unspoken hopes, the simmering regrets, the places you’ve grown numb. He knows your weariness. He knows your joy. And yet... He stays. He watches over you in the silence. Not to condemn, but to know—to draw near. To gently pull the curtain back and invite healing, peace, and transformation. So let the stillness linger a little longer today. Let the Word search you—not to expose you, but to heal you. Invite God into the deep places. He’s already there.