Chasing the Quiet When the World Gets Loud

My brain has felt very loud this season.

There is so much going on all at once—decisions to be made, exciting new opportunities opening up, the regular day-to-day life moments, and a few unexpected uncertainties that have popped up around me. Just... loud.

If I’m honest, I started to numb out a bit. I fell into doom scrolling (the absolute worst), tried to measure up to impossible standards (the second worst), and honestly just opened my own brain up to complete chaos.

But here’s what happened to me this past Saturday.

My son took an extended nap. Honestly, I think it was the pure grace of God. In that quiet pocket of time, He met me. The specific things we processed are super sacred—maybe a thought for another day—but here is the piece I know I need to share.

He invited me into something I feel like I get invited back into over and over again: Clear the voices.

This world is so incredibly noisy. Everyone has a thought and an opinion (clearly, even me!). But consuming this much information day in and day out makes our brains too busy. It crowds out peace.

So, I did what I often have to do to recalibrate: I cleared the voices.

I took a deliberate break from social media. I paired down who I was listening to—the podcasts, the online teachings, the extra noise. I forced myself to slow down long enough to actually notice and indulge in the life happening right around me.

What happened next was peace. Actual rest.

I felt like I could breathe again. I felt my true emotions with strength and grace. My thoughts cleared up, and joy began to seep back in. I started noticing the full, beautiful life right in front of me. I saw how much I am doing, and how much He is doing in me—even if not a ton of other people see it, validate it, or applaud it. I saw that what I have right now is enough, and He is more than enough.

In a nutshell, what He’s teaching me about quietness in a loud season is that we have to chase the quiet. We have to cultivate it.

None of the things in my actual world changed. I repeat: none of them changed.

But I did. My internal noise did.

If your soul feels crowded today, this is your gentle invitation to join me. Turn down the volume of the world, clear the voices, and see what He has for you in the quiet.

“and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.”

‭‭I Kings‬ ‭19‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ (emphasis mine)