According to St John of the Cross, God's first language is silence. It is in silence that God speaks to us. According to Devin Schadt, author of Joseph's Way: The Call to Fatherly Greatness, to become like God we must know God; to know God we must communicate with Him; and to communicate with him we must speak His language- the language of silence. God gives us the opportunity to communicate with Him in silence with every breath we take. Through God's design, every breath we breathe in is an opportunity for silence. God designed us to speak as we breathe out, not in. He designed us to be silent as we breathe in, not out. Each and every breath we breathe in is an opportunity to listen to God in that moment of silence. It is through His divine genius that He allows us to be in communication with him in each and every moment. In Matt Redman's song, Your Grace Finds Me , one particular line stands out: " I'm breathing in Your grace and breathing out Your prais