Not Just a Whisper: When Divine Guidance Seeks Your Attention

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Reflection Snapshot

Theme: Recognizing when a recurring thought is more than just an idea. It is a divine assignment waiting for the right time and sacred space to unfold.

Intention: This reflection invites you to explore the difference between fleeting thoughts and spiritual whispers that require your attention, stillness, and trust.

Sometimes a thought arrives in the middle of the night, feeling like it might slip away. But certain thoughts don't just pass through. They arrive with presence, calling us to listen deeper. This reflection explores the journey of honoring those whispers, creating sacred space for what's unfolding within us, and trusting divine timing even when the path isn't immediately clear.

Reflecting...

Honoring the Fleeting Thought

The other night, a thought came to me at 1:43 AM. It arrived and left so quickly that I had to reach for my phone immediately to write it down. I have begun capturing my thoughts this way to keep them safe, especially because my memory isn't as sharp as it was in times past. I try to hold on to these moments a little longer to remember them, to develop them, and to honor them.

This practice allows me to tend to the quiet, brief thoughts that hover in the space between showing up and moving on. By writing them down, I am acknowledging that they might be more than just fleeting ideas. They might be seeds waiting for the right time to be planted.

The Consequence of Rushing

We've all experienced thoughts that come and go without much weight. But then there are the ones that return, gently, repeatedly, persistently. In 2023, I kept hearing the same quiet directive: Start the podcast. I dismissed it. Podcasting wasn't in my plans, wasn't on my radar. Surely this whisper had the wrong address.

When I finally acted on it, the vibe wasn't right. The content didn't come from the sacred space I craved. It didn't match the frequency I was being called to. So I stopped. But here is the deeper truth I learned: I had started down a directionless path because I didn't let the thought marinate long enough to develop within me. I didn't develop it, and more importantly, I didn't let it develop me. That "failed" attempt wasn't a mistake. It was part of my process, a necessary detour to get me where I needed to be.

Seeds That Need Specific Soil

There was a seed nestled deep within me that hadn't been planted yet. I was carrying it without even knowing, cradled in the corners of my spirit, waiting for the right soil and the right time.

In early 2024, I finally placed that seed in rich, fertile soil. I had to get clear on what that soil actually was. The soil is my spirit. The soil is my heart. The soil is my mind. I gave it time to take root in all three places. For the past year and a half, it's been growing quietly, deeply, waiting for the right moment to sprout and blossom.

What I needed most was space to hold what was unfolding. A sacred space for truth, depth, and honest reflection. A space for pause where words could be spoken with full expression, clarity, and care.

When Ideas Become Assignments

I'm learning to trust that what calls to me, these whispers that seek me out, are calling for a reason. I don't always know if I'm consciously choosing which thoughts to tend or if my spirit is guiding me. But I've grown enough to recognize when something is more than just an idea.

Here is what is important to understand. What may have started out as an idea, or what I thought was just an idea, seemed to have been an assignment. My assignment. An idea is something you have, but an assignment is something you are given to fulfill. The whisper is not weak. It's quiet and doesn't shout because it requires your stillness. It requires you to come closer to listen. And when you do, everything changes.

Key Takeaways

• Don't rush the marination process. Sometimes we fail not because the idea is wrong, but because we haven't let it develop within us long enough.

• Prepare your soil. Real growth requires the alignment of your spirit, your heart, and your mind.

• Recognize the assignment. Persistent whispers are often divine duties waiting for you to say yes.

Rise Into Action

Beneath the Story: Sometimes we dismiss recurring thoughts because they don't fit our current plans, but those persistent whispers may be divine assignments waiting for us to create the right conditions for them to grow.

Gentle reflection prompt:

What whisper keeps returning to you that you've been dismissing or setting aside?

Until next time... keep listening for the higher note.

Say.
Be.
And it is.