Be Still.....

"Be still and know that I am God."  Psalm 46:10
This has been one of my favorite verses for a long time.  I seem to hear it all the time, probably because God wants me to hear it so much.  I think of it when I watch the NOOMA video entitled noise, which I watch occasionally when I need to slow down my brain.  I remember hearing it when Joseph Nader talked to the youth shortly after I arrived in Granbury.  It was used as a favorite verse for a small group skit at discovery a couple years ago. (incidentally I think Joseph was the adult in that group, but I might be misremembering)  I heard it last night at a complemtative worship service led by Kennon Pickett.  (Awesome job by the way bro)

It has been a favorite verse of mine, but it has also been one of the most difficult to adhere to sometimes.  I mean how hard is it: be still and know.  Yet, for anyone who knows me at all, it is probably not surprising to know that I have a very hard time sitting still.  I was fidgeting in the pew after an ad council meeting a couple weeks ago and Michael Horn used something out of Paul Gravley's sermon by saying to me in reference to my fidgeting: "God loves you just the way you are, but loves you too much to keep you that way."  It was funny, well placed, and absolutely true.  So I have been working for quite a while on being able to simply be still and listen.

I thought about Psalm 46:10 again last night and remembering how hard it used to be for me to be still.  It is still difficult, but I am getting better at it.  I have kind of taught myself to be still for a few minutes twice a day (with the help of a reminder on my phone of course) to just find a quiet spot and listen to what God has to say to me without me talking.  It really helps me personally to have that time, I know it can help anyone to have that "quiet" time to just listen to what God has to say to you.

peace&quiet
kevin

Thought for the day:
"God loves you just the way you are, but loves you too much to keep you that way."