I was privileged to be singing with the Annapolis Chorale when we presented Mendelssohn’s Elijah, which contains a major reference to 1 Kings 19:11 & 12 expressed by the orchestra, choir and solo voices. Of course, you can hear the tympani poundng the sounds of thunder and lightning, and the strings swirling and rushing like the wind, but the best part is the small child’s voice quietly singing that he hears God’s voice in the silence after the storm.

Perhaps as adults with ears hard of hearing and minds sometimes too stubborn to listen, we should remember the child telling Elijah what he heard.