~ Stillness ~
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
— Psalm 46:10 —
I was planning to write about this, I think, about 2 weeks ago… but things come up that seem to be more fitting so… call it a delayed message. ^_^
I was helping around the house. Me and my dad recently had a breakthrough and God touched me though the things my dad was telling me, even though he doesn’t really know my God. (Another story..) I was dodging my family responsibilities… Anyway, I was helping around on a Saturday: cleaning & organizing the basement, helping move heavy stuff, cleaning & maintaining the house. When I was done, it felt good to have gotten all that stuff done on a Saturday. Imagine that… enjoying work again. I hadn’t felt that in awhile…
I walked upstairs. I was thinking about all the work we had accomplished during that afternoon when suddenly, I was caught up in a moment. I cannot explain it. There were dust motes dancing in the sunlight. The sounds of my parents downstairs became muted. I could almost feel the silent stillness within the room. I felt/thought about my God. The One who knew about each dust mote dancing in my vision, each hair upon my head… every cell in my body. I was hit by this feeling of awe unlike anything I’ve ever had. Wow, dust motes… Even today, I feel like these words are poor substitutes for what happened. All I can do is Thank God and sit in awe…
— Pray request —
Father, my sister is moving. Moving into church. She wants to take up construction as a career. She wants to help with the construction project at ALCMC. Lord, I don’t know if this is the best path for her, but you know what is best. Let Your will be done, Lord. If she finds success in this endeavor, let it be by Your will and not by our strength. Give her wisdom and perseverance, Lord. I pray all this in the name of He who died so we could have life,
Amen
yea… a lot of times i have trouble with doing some things too… i mean i like being busy, i am a busy person, but i tend to do what i like doing rather than what i should do sometimes. and about your dad not knowing our God… yea… that’s really tough. I myself face a similar kind of problem. I’m the only Christian in the family. I only know a couple of my relatives that are possibly saved, but it doesn’t really show in the way they live their lives. So… it’s tough. Well… just keep praying about your dad, and stay strong. Let God’s will be done, like you said.
i love this entry… that verse in Psalms is the very I used to say to myself over and over while I walk around from class to class at school. “Be still, Joy… Be still.” When I read your entry, uou reminded me of David, the king who found God in the water, the rocks, & the sky. I find that people are very oblivious to the details in life…. even dust. I rejoice that you had a “moment” of awe… in silence… with God. 🙂
aw man…that’s some awesome stuff. in the mad dash jumble of this world, getting caught up and stuff, God shows us so much when we just step back, in the stillness…that’s good stuff yo.