Category: Children’s Devotionals

  • The Word That Shows Us the Way

    “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” (Proverbs 29:18) What Is Happening in the Passage This verse teaches that people…

  • The Path That Sings

    “In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.” (Proverbs 29:6) What Is Happening in the Passage This verse shows us…

  • THE STEADY WAY: TRUSTING GOD’S TIMING

    “A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” (Proverbs 28:20) What Is Happening in the Passage Solomon is teaching…

  • The Mediator Who Brings God’s Blessing

    “And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.” (Job 42:10) What Is Happening in the Passage Job had suffered greatly, but God was about…

  • The Mediator God Accepts

    “My servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept.” (Job 42:8) What Is Happening in the Passage Job’s friends had spoken wrongly about God, and now they…

  • The God Who Is Greater Than All

    “Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear… he is a king over all the children of pride.” (Job 41:33–34) What Is Happening in the Passage…

  • The Freedom God Gives in the Wilderness

    “Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?” (Job 39:5) What Is Happening in the Passage God asks Job to…

  • The Eagle and God’s High Places

    “Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?” (Job 39:27) What Is Happening in the Passage God asks Job to look at the eagle.…

  • The Hawk and God’s Invisible Paths

    “Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?” (Job 39:26) What Is Happening in the Passage God asks Job to watch the hawk soaring…

  • The War Horse and God’s Courage

    “Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?” (Job 39:19) What Is Happening in the Passage God shows Job a mighty war horse—strong, fearless, and…

The Silence Before the Voice

There are moments in Scripture when all human sound is stilled, and the soul stands in the quiet before God. Job 4:16 describes such a moment: a silence not of emptiness, but of awe — the threshold where the creature is hushed and the Word draws near.
This site takes its name from that holy stillness: And then there was silence.The purpose of this place is simple: to lift the Word of God without distraction, without embellishment, and without the noise of self. Each devotional is written to bring the heart into that same posture of quiet reverence, where Scripture is allowed to speak with its own weight and Christ is seen in His own glory.
Here, the writer is hidden. The voice is not mine. The aim is not expression, but submission; not commentary, but clarity; not noise, but nearness. Silence is not the absence of sound — it is the clearing away of every lesser voice so that the Word may be heard.
If the Lord is pleased to use these meditations to still the heart, to draw the reader into the hush before His voice, and to turn the gaze toward Christ, then the purpose of this work is fulfilled.
And then there was silence — and the Word was lifted high.

Job 4:16 “It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,”