Comfort for the Quiet
Has anyone ever told you “you’re so quiet”, “you don’t talk that much” or something of the sort?
I’ve heard those comments many times throughout my life. So much so, I spent many years of my life wishing I wasn’t this way. “If only I was more outgoing, they would like me”, I thought. “If only I was more like that person, I would fit in.”
I want to tell you that there is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with being quiet. God made your perfectly, and can use you regardless of whatever “defect” the world says you have. Instead of wishing to be someone else, we should fully step into who God called us to be. Maybe your life looks different because he is using you in a different way. I accepted that being quiet isn’t a negative trait I have. It isn’t something that needs to be fixed.
Matthew 5:5 says “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
God writes blessed are the meek. Meek can be defined by “quiet and gentle”.
Us quiet people can also find comfort from Moses story. Moses was described as meek man who wasn’t good with words.
Exodus 4:10 Moses said to the LORD, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”
Moses was still used greatly by God! “Moses delivered the laws of God to Israel, instituted the priesthood under the sons of Moses’ brother Aaron, and destroyed those Israelites who fell away from his worship.”
Your quietness is not a negative trait you have. Like Moses in the Bible, you don’t have to be loud to make a difference. You’re different for a purpose!
So instead, of trying to change yourself to “fit in with the world” I encourage you to accept your quietness as a strength. Lean into it. I stopped faking loud confidence. I let people call me quiet or call me shy. I don’t flinch at the comment anymore because I don’t view it as a defect in my personality.
In the past, I would take it deeply personal when someone called me quiet. But now I welcome it. Yes, I am. I am the way God made me to be and so are you.
