Elijah in the cave of Horeb

And the word of the Lord came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
He replied, "I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too."

Do you ever feel like the "ONLY ONE".....?

The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by."
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah"?
He replied, "I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected you covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me."

In typing this I am now caught in the thought as to why the Lord asked Elijah twice what he was doing there? And twice Elijah answered. The answer didn't change yet I feel much more of a peace, a quitness, in Elijah's response the second time.

Another thought runs through my mind reminding me of my feelings and actions before and after typing the above words. I started this blog with an attitude of wanting to hurry up and finish the blog on Elijah's cave so I could get on with the next cave entry. Even before that I started reading If You Want to Walk on Water You've Got to Get Out of the Boat where I left off reading yesterday, thinking about breakfast, if I even wanted to read this book, if I should wait on a friend before I read the rest of the book, if I should start over and try to take more notes and blog more concerning my readings, if I should email my small group and ask if this is something they would want to do together, if I should finish my blog from yesterday, how I will handle tonight, how I need to get ratchet straps at lunch or if I should even take lunch and use that time to make up some hours I took off, if I should pray or be praying rather than reading and if maybe I should start by reading the bible. This was all going through my mind, after two pages into my reading. As you can probably discern for yourself, I was not receiving a whole lot from where my attention was supposed to be.

After typing the above scripture containing the question from God to Elijah and thinking about Elijah's answer to Him, again, I wonder if maybe Elijah was a little more focused the second time around? I wonder if my thoughts when trying to focus on God this morning were not the wind, the earthquake and the fire. Could I hear His voice in all I was thinking and doing? Now that I have slowed down maybe I can start this quiet time over and listen for His voice.