Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box

What AI experts are just now discovering, God has been inviting us into all along.

“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

Recently, I came across an interview featuring two experts discussing the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and how it is already reshaping the way we work, connect, think, and create. The conversation was fascinating — but one moment stopped me in my tracks…

One of the experts made a remarkable observation. He said that as AI continues to accelerate, one of the most important things a person can do is get outside, bring a pen and paper, and see the big picture. To slow down intentionally. To journal by hand. To resist the pull of the digital current and choose, instead, the quiet of reflection.

He summed it up in three words: Pause. Reflect. Document.

Even said to go sit on a bench to listen. And I smiled — because we’ve been teaching women exactly this for years. In fact, one of our women whose life was transformed, wrote a children’s book about a child meeting with Jesus on a bench!

The World Is Catching Up to Ancient Wisdom

It’s something we love to see: when the language of modern experts begins to echo what Scripture has whispered for centuries. The practice of stepping away from noise, sitting in stillness, putting pen to paper, and opening your heart to something greater than the moment — this is not a productivity hack. This is a spiritual posture.

In our private and group sessions, we’ve long encouraged women to cultivate this kind of intentional rhythm. Not because a trend demanded it. But because God invites it. Conversation with Him — honest, unhurried, written-out-in-the-margins conversation — has always been where transformation quietly takes root.

What We’ve Been Teaching All Along

1. Pause

Step away from the noise — the notifications, the to-do list, the digital hum — and create space. Even five minutes of physical stillness can shift your whole interior world. This is making room for us to hear God to speak.

2. Reflect

Ask the deeper questions. What is actually happening in my heart right now? Where do I sense fear, hope, heaviness, or gratitude? Reflection isn’t navel-gazing — it’s honest inventory taken in the presence of a God who already knows and lovingly holds it all.

3. Document

Write it down. There is something sacred and clarifying about putting pen to paper. It externalizes the internal. It marks what God is doing. Over time, your journal becomes a living testimony — proof that He was faithful, even in the seasons that felt uncertain.

“Then the Lord said to me, Write my answer plainly…” – Habakkuk 2:2

Conversational Prayer: Your Anchor in Every Season

Here is what no advancement in technology can offer you: a God who listens.

Conversational prayer is not a formal exercise or a religious ritual. It is simply talking with God the way you would talk to someone who loves you completely, knows you fully, and is never distracted or too busy. It is prayer that sounds like: “Lord, I don’t understand what’s happening around me right now, but I trust You see it all.” It is prayer written in a notebook beside your morning coffee. It is prayer spoken aloud on a walk in nature, looking up at the sky.

The world may grow faster, louder, and more automated. Artificial intelligence will do remarkable things. But it will never replace the intimacy of a woman on her knees — or with her journal open — bringing her real, unpolished, everyday life to God.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28

You Were Never Meant to Keep Up — You Were Meant to Stay Connected

One of the great deceptions of our age is that the answer to an accelerating world is to accelerate with it. To optimize. To consume more information faster, to stay ahead of every curve. But women who walk in deep faith know a different truth: the most powerful thing you can do in a chaotic world is maintain your connection to the One who holds it.

A pen. A piece of paper. A quiet moment outside. These are not primitive tools — they are portals. They create the conditions for you to hear yourself, to hear God, and to see your life from above the noise rather than within it.

This is what we invite women into, session after session. Not a formula. A relationship. A daily returning to the One who says: I am here. I see you. Bring me your honest heart.

An Invitation

If today’s world feels overwhelming, disorienting, or simply too fast — you are not alone in that feeling. And the answer isn’t more information.

The answer is the same one it’s always been: Pause. Reflect. Document. And above all — talk with God.

He is not confused by the age we live in. He is not threatened by technology, overwhelmed by the pace of change, or uncertain about your future. He is simply, faithfully, waiting for you to slow down long enough to remember that.

Pick up your pen. Step outside. Begin.

Merri Ellen 🙂

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