Be Quiet and Build: The Power of Silent Seasons in Faith and Business

The Power of Staying Silent

Sometimes, being quiet when you’re building something is the best thing you can do so that ego doesn’t get involved in it too early.

When you announce what God is doing IN you, THROUGH you, TO you, or FOR you, your ego requires you to spend too much time defending it and explaining it — rather than just pursuing it and fleshing it out in privacy.

People will talk you out of your own success if you let them.
So, I’ve chosen to be quiet.

The Deep Reset

Over the past few months, I’ve been in a deep reset and shift.

Life has its way of doing that — when the pain of change becomes less than the pain of remaining the same. The noise from every angle was crippling — the performance, the expectation — and I just needed to silence it all and hear Jesus.

I make it a habit to daily spend some time to talk to Jesus or read the Word. But I needed more than a habit. I needed a life shift.

I spoke with my team and placed boundaries around what will consume my time and what I no longer wish to entertain or make myself available for. I spoke to clients, set new boundary lines, and created means for them to access me — but stopped personal levels of access.

I deleted social media from my phone and stopped the endless scrolling that would consume nearly 30 hours a week.
I stopped looking at the news daily.
I started drinking coffee with my husband and children before the day began.

My personal assistant has been posting my blogs for me, and I’ve been refreshingly distant.


It’s Not Because I Don’t Care

It’s because I finally do.

I’ve spent years showing up for everyone else’s emergencies and opinions, and I’m realizing that silence is sometimes the strongest stance you can take.

The distraction was crippling my ability to hear HIS voice over all the others.


When God Said “Rebuild”

About five weeks ago, I felt a strong prompting to open my Bible and read the book of Nehemiah.

The story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem stirred deeply in my spirit. He was a man with a clear calling — to rebuild what had been left in ruins for 140 years.

What struck me was how God gave him divine favor with the very king who had once rejected that rebuilding. But in God’s timing, the king’s heart softened, and Nehemiah was released to go and restore the walls that had long been broken down.


New Walls, New Boundaries

Sometimes God lights a fire inside of us to rebuild what the enemy left in ruins — not with the same old stones, but with new walls.
New boundaries.
New strength.
A new level of protection around what belongs to Him.

And when it’s time to rebuild, provision, alignment, and favor begin to meet you right where you are.


The Letters of Distraction

Nehemiah had an unwavering sense of purpose, yet he was surrounded by people determined to misunderstand him. Even with the king’s blessing, provision, and backing, those in power still felt threatened.

They sent open letters filled with accusation, criticism, and pressure for him to come down from his work.
These letters were public — meant to humiliate, to spark doubt, to force him into defending himself instead of fulfilling his mission.

That part hit home for me, because it sounds oddly familiar.

I’ve felt that same pull — to defend, to explain, to prove myself, almost like the energy it takes to defend leaves you no energy to execute.

But the Holy Spirit reminded me through this passage — it’s both humbling and freeing.


“I Am Doing a Great Work…”


When Nehemiah was challenged to stop and read the letters, he refused. His response was simple but powerful:

“I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down to read those letters.”

He wouldn’t even look at them.

That verse pierced my spirit because it mirrored my own journey. I was reminded how easy it is to be pulled into distractions and conversations that don’t serve your purpose.

Nehemiah didn’t stop building to read the letters or defend himself.
And I’ve learned — not every comment, call, or crisis deserves my attention.


Quiet Doesn’t Mean Inactive

So I stepped away. I stopped scrolling. I stopped watching everyone’s highlight reels.

If you’re reading this and I haven’t liked or commented on your posts as I once did, please don’t be offended. The truth is, I don’t know what anyone is doing online right now.

I’m not watching.
I’m not scrolling.
I’m not performing.

And truthfully, no one knows what I’m doing either — except those who truly want my presence. Those who call, text, or show up.
Those are the investments I’m making right now.

And I find that deeply, deeply healing.


Building What Truly Matters

Make no mistake — quiet doesn’t mean inactive. It means intentional.

I’m doing the real work that matters:
Building me.
Building my kids.
Building my business.
Building my faith.

I’ve stopped opening the “letters” of distraction and accusation. I’ve stopped taking calls that were never mine to answer. I’ve put people in place to buffer my mindset from the bullets of business that cause anxiousness and overthinking.

I’ve stopped believing that being a good leader means always being available.
Like Nehemiah, I get to choose who and what I’m available for.

“I’m too busy doing the Lord’s work to come down there…”

Boundaries Aren’t Rejection

Nehemiah’s story reminds me that boundaries aren’t rejection—they’re protection.

They show you care enough to stay focused on what God asked you to do.

I don’t need to be the hero. I don’t need to hear every complaint. I don’t need to run to every business demand while my kids wait for me to close the laptop.

Every time I take bullets for my business, I rob my kids of their mom.
I rob myself of rest.
I rob God of my full obedience.

It drains creativity, steals joy, and makes me question when “enough” will finally be enough.

Stop Reading the Open Letters

Reading open letters, scrolling social media, comparing, or feeding ego — none of it serves what God is building in me.

What matters now is obedience, peace, and presence.

I’ll speak when He says. I’ll go where He leads.
I’ll shut doors when He directs.

I don’t have time to stop building what He asked — to come down and read the open letters anymore.


Stay on the Wall

I want to encourage anyone reading this:
Consider what “open letters” you’ve been reading.

Maybe it’s the criticism you replay in your mind.
Maybe it’s the approval you’re chasing online.
Maybe it’s the constant noise keeping you from hearing God’s still, small voice.

Stop reading them.
You don’t need to defend yourself.
God is the defender of your reputation.

When something continually robs you of peace — put it down.

You just keep building.
Stay on the wall.
Stay in your assignment.
The noise below doesn’t deserve your focus.


Be Quiet and Build

If you’ve been in a quiet season too — take heart.
You’re not forgotten. You’re being fortified.

What you’re building will speak for itself in time.
Until then — be quiet and build.

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