Resting
- Jun 11, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 8, 2023
This morning God showed me something I didn't like. Sigh. A scene of tranquility. Of Resting.
He showed me a view from my recliner in front of a window. Outside the window was a winter scene, of a snow covered landscape, deep in drifts. There was also a tree, beautifully iced with big clumps of snow. Bright sunlight, very Currier and Ives. There may have been a lake in the distance. My feet were up, and they were wrapped in a blanket. I was resting.
And then God started playing a Steven Curtis Chapman song in my head, called "Be Still and Know." Here are the lyrics:
"Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is holy
Be still, oh, restless soul of mine
Bow before the Prince of Peace
Let the noise and clamor cease
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is faithful
Consider all that He has done
Stand in awe and be amazed
And know that He will never change
Be still
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know that He is God
Be still
Be speechless
Be still and know that He is God
Be still and know He is our Father
Come, rest your head upon His breast
Listen to the rhythm of
His unfailing heart of love
Beating for his little ones
Calling each of us to come
Be still
Be still
And here is a link to my favorite version of it:
"Be still O restless soul of mine,
Bow before the Prince of Peace
Let the noise and clamor cease.
So what was God trying to tell me with this idyllic snow-scape and recliner scene? That I am going to be here for a minute. This cancer thing isn't going to be quick pills, injections, and some more chemo. It is going to occupy my life for the foreseeable future, and probably on into winter. My life for the past 19 years as the owner of a small and perpetually struggling construction business has been
"GO GO GO GO!", and "DO DO DO DO!"
but God is now requiring me to learn to simply BE. To sit in his Presence and Rest. And to write.
And I don't like it.
So pray for me friends, that God will supply Grace for the Waiting. And for the Resting. That I will successfully wrap up my physical work soon and transition more or less gracefully into this new stage of my life.
Yorumlar