Still

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and grow weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:29-31

I was talking with someone close to me today and she was very tired. I too am very tired. Since when does does a home become a battlefield? Yet, that is what it seems like these days. I am asking God for grace to get through the morning, then for grace to get through the afternoon....you can almost feel the cosmic warfare going on in the house. Children fighting, always fighting. Fighting not to do school, then fighting to watch TV, fighting with siblings, fighting to get their way. It's exhausting. And the children are exhausted too. As I was talking with my friend, all I could think to say sounded so cliche, but it was so true. "I have been there, and it's ok." I think I was telling myself that same thing as I was saying it. I have been exponentially more tired than what I feel right now, and I made it through. God's grace was sufficient for me then, and His grace will be sufficient for me now.

The most difficult thing for me to do when I feel this cosmic warfare is to be still. I like to fight! But, God asks us to "be still, and know that I am God." With so many responsibilities, how in the world are we to do this, and I know my friend would be weary just hearing me say this to her! But, I think maybe it's not just an action, but a state of being. Finding stillness in the midst of the chaos. Making our minds stop thinking all of our own thoughts, and instead filling our minds with His word, praying at all times. And, knowing that in our weaknesses, His strength is made perfect. I want His strength...mine can't get me through my day. Being still has changed my life, and I am so quick to forget all that God has done in me. Lord, I want to remember to be still, "cause that's when my heart, learns to dance to with you."

Still

The more I get alone

The more I see I need to get alone more, more

'Cause just when I think that I'm alone

Your Spirit calls out to me

And even silence has a song

'Cause that's when you come

Sing over me

Still, let me be still

Let me be OK

With the quiet in my heart

Still, I want to be still

I'm so quick to move

Instead of listening to you

Shut my mouth

Crush my pride

Give me the tears

Of a broken life

Still

Oh this world, it falls around me

and flutters all its beauty in my eyes

But let me choose the solitude

Simplicity has always simple changed my life

'Cause even stillness makes me move

'Cause that's when my heart

Learns to dance with you

Still, let me be still

Let me be OK

With the quiet in my heart

Still, I want to be still

I'm so quick to move

Instead of listening to you

I'm your child

Tame my heart

Obedience

To me impart

Still

~Watermark