** Photos from last Saturday **
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
My mind can be quite a talker— A storyteller when I’m idle. An adviser when I’m reflecting. A nagger when I’m worried.
But a lot of times… It doesn’t seem to know when to stop. As if it’s on a marathon all the time. Frantically sifting through all the thoughts that my brain could process. And while I’m practically a couch potato… With very minimal body movements… The mental workout can be just as exhausting as too much physical exertion.
I long for my mind to rest when it should. To relax at my will. To just be when I wanted it to be.
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. – Abraham Joshua Heschel
Yesterday morning I woke up once again to the turmoil. It was a mixture of both sadness and worry. I lay in bed yet my mind drifted to a place of war. That morning, I said a prayer. Different from my usual morning prayer. And I told God…
Please fill me with Your love Please fill me with Your love Please fill me with Your love Please fill me with Your love…
Over and over. Begging at that moment for the love I so desperately needed.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. – Matthew 7:7
I lay there in silence. Real silence, radiating from outside going within. And the more I repeated my prayer… The greater was the magnitude of peace and quiet that surrounded me.
Please fill me with Your love…
And He did.
At that moment… I was still. Calm. Free.
