
You're still doing everything you used to do. You don't hear what you used to hear.
Bible Study Planner for WomenWhen the Habits Hold but the Heart Has Gone Quiet
A daily rhythm built for the season when habits hold and the heart has gone quiet.
A 140-Day Reflective Devotional Journal
Book 13 of a 36-journal series · 140 daily reflections · 5,040 guided prompts across the series
- 140 daily reflections
- Scripture + guided journaling space
- Written for women experiencing spiritual dryness
- Five honest minutes a day
- Instant eBook download
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Look inside
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Why this is different
Most devotionals
- Inspiration to read
- Reading only
- Generic encouragement
- Read once, then forgotten
This journal
- A daily practice you actually do
- Reflection + Scripture + writing space
- Written specifically for women experiencing spiritual dryness
- 140 steady days that build over time
Who it's for
This is for
- The woman still showing up for faith, exactly as she is.
- Anyone who wants structure without pressure
- Small groups, church families & gift-givers
This is not for
- Anyone wanting a quick, read-once motivational book
- Readers who don't want to write anything down
- Those after a study guide without daily reflection
An established series
Part of a growing library of guided devotional journals from Stilling Waves Press.
About this journal
The full story, in our own words
A 140-day gentle return for the woman whose habits are holding her steady while her heart figures out what to say.
For Women Experiencing Spiritual Dryness — Rekindling the Flame. Each day sits beside a quoted line from a Christian writer across the centuries — kept in their own voice, with a quiet word-gloss underneath so the older language opens rather than closes.
- No pressure to feel fixed. Just a daily place to bring the quiet.
- Five minutes a day, shaped around the season you are actually in.
- For the woman who is still showing up for faith — and wants to be met here, exactly as she is.
Seven stages across 140 days: Stage 1 — A First Step · Stage 2 — Trusting and Releasing · Stage 3 — On the Way — Steady · Stage 4 — The Turn · Stage 5 — Being Known and Loved · Stage 6 — The Walk Continues · Stage 7 — The Shape of Deep Rest.
Each of the seven stages carries a single quiet image — the dawn, open hands, a lamp, a mountain, a vine, a stream, a ring of stars. Simple pictures, recognised before they are explained.
Inside these pages you will also find:
- Seven daily elements, every page — Opening, Reflect, Rest, Today's Focus, Touch, a quoted Scripture or Christian writer with a plain-English gloss, and a closing Meditation — one steady rhythm you learn once and return to for 140 days.
- Voices of trusted Christian writers, named and attributed — every quoted line carries its source — classic devotional and contemplative writers across the centuries — drawn from a curated corpus and selected to fit each journal's particular shape. No anonymous quotations.
- Every older line opened underneath — Scripture in the King James Version and classic Christian prose come with a plain-English word gloss directly under each quote — thy, thee, unto, communion — nothing stays out of reach.
- Real interludes between each section — Commentary, Poem, A Prayer for This Season, and a closing Reflection sit between each of the seven sections — full devotional rhythm, not just dividers.
- Written prayers from great writers — and space for your own — selected prayers from saints and faithful authors carry you forward, with A Prayer for This Season pages for your own words to come.
- A poem for every section — short, unhurried passages that carry the stage's feeling without preaching — small enough to remember, deep enough to return to.
Sample prompt: "What was the last moment you felt God clearly? Write it down. It still counts."
Not a devotional to read when inspired. A daily practice to return to regardless.
You know the Bible you have opened so many times it falls open to the same passage, and the way nothing in you stirs when it does? Underneath is a quieter question — about whether the warmth has left you, or you have left the warmth, or whether something is happening that is neither of those. This journal sits with that quieter question. Five honest minutes a day. It does not try to make you feel something. It sits with you in the not-feeling, and slowly the dryness reveals itself as part of the deepening.
A daily rhythm built for the season when habits hold and the heart has gone quiet. Written for the woman still showing up for faith, exactly as she is. Open to day one.
What’s inside every day
Every day follows the same steady rhythm: an Opening line, a Reflect question, a Rest cue for the body, a Today's Focus, a Touch line tied to the breath, a quoted Scripture or Christian writer with a plain-English gloss, and ruled lines for your own words.
How it will feel
Feel the jaw — and let it be quieter than your thoughts. You are allowed to not pray long prayers. A single sentence counts. Sit in silence. Do not fill it. The silence may be the communion. Rest. Sometimes dryness is exhaustion with a spiritual label. You do not have to fake being on fire. Be real. He prefers it.
You let a real answer come out instead of fine. You stand without bracing. Your shoulders sit lower than they used to. You wake into the day instead of into a list. You let yourself be seen without rearranging your face. Nothing dramatic. A hundred and forty days of showing up.
Built to form you — not just inspire you
Not Inspiration — Formation
This is not a devotional to read when inspired — it is a daily practice to return to regardless. Real faith is built through structured daily formation, not occasional motivation. Finishing this journal produces something that starting ten others cannot.
What This Journal Returns You To
- What part of your former spiritual life was performance?
- There is a habit that drained you more than it nourished you
- It has a beginning, even if you have not named it
Sample prompt: "Sit with this: there is something you are resisting"
A thoughtful gift
Some gifts arrive loud. This one arrives steady. 140 days of quiet companionship, plain-English Scripture, and small honest pages — a present that keeps showing up after the wrapping is gone. You who keep showing up in the dry season are the woman God is most at work in. Close this knowing the silence was not absence — it was preparation.
More in the 140-Day series
Published by Stilling Waves Press, creator of the 140-Day Reflective Devotional Series. Our journals are designed to be completed, not merely read — combining Scripture, reflection, and guided writing into a daily spiritual practice.
Begin the 140-Day Journey
Five minutes a day. One page at a time. A slower way through the wait.









