Has a verse from the Bible or a gospel song ever made you feel that God is near?

👇 Sometimes he speaks through the Bible. At other times, through gospel music.

Have you ever felt God close by?

Have you ever had the feeling that something invisible was protecting you?
Or that an answer came out of nowhere... but at the same time, it seemed to come from somewhere else?

Have you ever cried listening to a song and thought: "There's something wrong with me..."?
Have you ever had a deliverance so absurd that you were speechless?

There are days when everything seems normal, but inside you're falling apart. Your body goes on automatic, but your soul cries out for help. Maybe it was in the queue at the bank, holding back your tears so no one would notice. Or that Sunday night when the silence in the house seemed to scream. Have you ever felt a tightness in your chest out of nowhere, as if something was out of place, even if there was no clear reason?

It could have been listening to an old song and suddenly your eyes filled with tears without warning. Sometimes it's just that gospel song that starts playing at the right moment - as if it had been sent just for you. Or maybe it was a stretch of Bible open at random, but which said exactly what your heart needed to hear. And it made you stop, think, take a deep breath and realize: "I'm not alone."

Have you ever been grateful for something simple and at the same time felt an inexplicable presence? A shiver, a sudden calm, a desire to look up and say "thank you" without knowing exactly to whom?

It is precisely at these moments that many feel - even without knowing it - that God is calling.

Have you heard him?

It wasn't your mind.
It was no illusion.
It was him.

It doesn't always come as a voice. Sometimes it's just a different thought that appears out of nowhere. A phrase in your head that doesn't seem to be yours. "Be at peace." "Don't give up." "Come home." Has it ever happened to you?

Some people listen in the middle of chaos. In traffic. In the bathroom. In hospital. People who listen while holding an exam, a debt, or a broken heart. There are those who listen while listen to a gospel song and feel that the chorus was written exactly for their pain. Others listen when leisurely leafing through the Bibleand one sentence jumps out as an urgent response.

It's not a hallucination. It's not an illusion. It's Him trying to reach you - in the way you can understand.

And there are those who are listening now, but haven't yet understood that this internal restlessness... is an answer.

And there are those who are listening now, but haven't yet understood that this internal restlessness... is an answer.

Have you ever talked to him?

It doesn't have to be with pretty words.
Not even with rituals.

Perhaps you've never spoken to Him with beautiful words. Maybe you think you need to know how to pray the "right" way to be heard. But the truth is God even hears that thought you had on the bus, looking out of the window, wishing for a fresh start.

He heard that "I can't take it anymore" muffled in the pillow. He heard the "help me" that you couldn't even say out loud, you just thought it while holding back the tears so as not to collapse in front of anyone.

Maybe you've tried to talk to Him after hearing a gospel music that dismantled you from the inside, or when you opened the Bible in a moment of desperation. Maybe nothing came out of his mouth, but he understood. Because God understands even silence.

Do you feel that something bigger is calling you?

Because maybe he is.

Sometimes it's an unexpected encounter, a "yes" that comes after many "no's". Other times, it's a force that comes out of nowhere just when you were thinking of giving up. A promotion you weren't expecting. An answer that comes from someone who doesn't even know you well, but says exactly what you needed to hear.

God calls all the time. Sometimes through a conversation with someone. Other times, through a Bible verse that you see on Instagram and can't ignore. Or for a gospel music that plays in a store, on the radio or on someone else's cell phone... but that goes through you as if it were just for you.

What if this anguish inside you is the beginning of a turning point? What if what you're feeling right now is actually an invitation to go back? To return to faith, to your essence, to what gives you meaning.

And maybe you're not here by chance.
Maybe it's to see that:

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May 15th, 2025