Be Still

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Right now I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of laundry!  The good news is that it's mostly clean.  The bad news...it.is.everywhere!  It's on the chair, the sofa, the desk.  It's in baskets, and hampers, and beds.  It's in the basement and in my bedroom!  I am embarrassed to admit this, but it appears that I am a little behind on the laundry front.

So it feels like I should be "doing" something right now.  But instead I am resting.  I am resting with my Father whose Word tells me:

²⁹ He gives strength to the weary
    and increases the power of the weak.
³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men stumble and fall;
³¹ but those who hope in the Lord
    will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:29-31 

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30 

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God..."

Psalm 46:10

 

These words are encouraging to me.  They say, "It's okay my child.  I know you are tired and weak and weary.  I know you are overwhelmed and burdened.  But come to me.  Rest with me.  Be still and know who I am.  I will renew you and will give you strength and power."

Sometimes we are called to action and called to move.  And sometimes we are called to rest.  To be still.  

Right now I am resting with God.  I am being still and knowing Him.  I am trusting Him in the places that I have no control.  I am consecrating my time to Him, and trusting Him with my time.  Releasing my control over these things is hard.  Being quiet and still is hard.  But He is moving, and I am resting.

And my girls are folding the laundry!  Winning!!!