Be Still, My Soul

It has been so long since I have sat down and taken the time to type out my thoughts… maybe because they have been distant they have been scattered… Days I couldn’t care... days I didn't know what to write and days  I would stare at a blank screen only to turn away from it because I didn't know what to say/write…

I’ve struggled; fighting with the thought, is writing a blog really what I want.

I’m I just trying to put my thoughts out for the world to see… Do I want that?

What is the purpose for this blog and then again why do I miss it when I don't blog…

Do I miss the study that I put into it yes I do… The challenge that this brought to me was so worth it, I can’t walk away.

So here I am again folks, back to sitting down and typing again…

And what do I have to share…

Thoughts of peace, of quietness, of stillness. I have been impressed with the thought of just simply sitting quietly over God’s Word allowing it penetrate my heart. What is God trying to speak to me?

How can I apply this to my life…?

There have been so many areas where I have fainted away in frustration at having to sit here and simply do nothing… I have to be doing something. That’s just me and yet God reminds me from those simple words of that song “Be Still My Soul”. I battle with the thought that it would just be easier if I went for a walk out in God’s creation and did my thinking… No sitting quietly over God’s Word, eyes closed, in reverence, there is peace there… There is understanding, distractions are aside…

You know are #1 reason why we are not as close to God as people have been in history past is the reason that we 21^st century people have not learned how to block out the distractions around us…

1. Shut the phone off or but it on silence.
2. Go into a room on your own; don't try studying God’s word in the family room. Trust me it doesn’t work.
3. Pray before you start. Ask God to help you close off the distractions and the cares of this life from around you… You have no idea what kind of a difference that would make.

And so I purpose again to continue to write not with the need to share MY words, but rather allow God to work in my life so that He gives me something to share.

And so I sit in reverence asking God…

"What Do I share? What does the person reading this page need for today? Lord, help me to know.

I close off today with the tune of my heart “Be Still My Soul.”"

Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side

Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain

Leave to thy God to order and provide

In every change He faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul, thy best, thy heavenly friend

Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul, thy God doth undertake

To guide the Future as HE has the past

Thy Hope, thy confidence, let nothing shake

All now mysterious shall be bright at last.

Be still, my soul, the waves and winds still know

His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

In you I rest, in You I found my hope

In you I trust, You never let me go

I place my life within your hands alone

Be still, my soul.

Be still, my soul, the hour is hastening on

When we shall be forever with the Lord

When disappointment grief and fear are gone

Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored

Be still my soul when change and tears are past

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last

In you I rest, In You I found My Hope

In you I trust, You never let me go

I place my life within your hands alone

Be still, My Soul.

BE STILL, MY SOUL