And he whispered..."I Love You"

Have you ever thought about the crazy amount of faith that God has in us? Despite our history, God continues to have faith that we will live out our commandments and reach out to a right relationship with Him. Our natural inclination in our own lives is really to say Goodbye to those who consistently let us down. I remember a few years back that the buzz word for those "friends" who didn't treat us right was "toxic friendships"; is that what we have been to God? Continually failing in those places in which he has incredible faith in us?

This week’s readings are all about trusting. At first glance it is easy to relate these readings to our failure to truly trust in God, but I think that it is also a call to see, that for our real work to get done in this world, we have to also trust in ourselves.

In the first reading, Elijah looks for God, thinking that God would be in those things that seem most powerful, he looked in the heavy winds, earthquake and fire. And then Elijah finds God, in this small whisper that enters the cave. In this small voice, Elijah does not have to even take time to know who the voice belongs to, he covers his head, and goes to the opening of the cave. How many times have we heard a small voice, a teeny voice for us to do something different with our lives, perhaps it is s feeling of turning your life more to God, taking into consideration God's teaching in our day to day decision making; perhaps it is a feeling when we have treated someone less than we should; perhaps it is those moments when we can't hide from our truth because it is staring us in the face.

I recently heard this story, of two young lovers. He leans to her and says, I love you. She in reply, tells him that for her to really believe it that he would have to shout it to the whole world. He then smiles to her, and once again, leans into her ear, and whispers I Love You. But disatisfied, she says to him, but I told you, you must shout it to the whole world, and he replied to her: "I did tell the whole world, because you have become my whole world."

We are blessed, when God whispers to us, it is the most intimate knowledge that you can have, to know that each one of us is the "world" to God. Each one of us is called uniquely to a relationship with Him. And when we hear that voice, we must, as Elijah did, move to a place in which we are most likely to get an even clearer message.