The thunder cracks the night air as the lightning flashes darkness into day. The ground trembles beneath our feet as the very earth moves around us. Our hearts are filled with worry and gone is the quiet peace that we had once upon a time. The wind howls and bends the trees over until they touch the ground. Our souls long to find a way to return to a former peace, but our lives are cluttered with the problems of everyday life. We cry out and ask why can't we hear God, perhaps it is because he is talking in a whisper and not in a thundering voice and it is we who should simply sit and be quiet and listen to what he has to say.