As I lie in bed and listen to the sound of the summer nights rain cascade off my roof top, I am drawn into a sense of quiet stillness. In this moment I can hear the sound of my thoughts, ever present, ever longing, ever speaking to me. I am drawn into a sense of awe and wonder at the beauty of God's creation around me. It is in times like these where I feel myself given a chance to breath and simply be still.
Stillness is an concept that I find foreign and yet so closely distant to me. With all the busy distractions that fill my ever changing world, I am caught up in the hustle of everyday life. Their are constantly things to be done, people to visit, deadlines that needs to be met, mouths that need to be fed. Their are relationships that need tended too and mended and healed. All the time, I am haunted by the needs of time that appear and then quickly vanish.
I find myself knowing that I should take time out and rest. Time to stop. Time to recharge my batteries and yet I press onward towards the next thing to occupy my time.
I am thankful for moments like these. However brief they may be, that give me a chance to simply stop...be still...and rest.
Stillness is an concept that I find foreign and yet so closely distant to me. With all the busy distractions that fill my ever changing world, I am caught up in the hustle of everyday life. Their are constantly things to be done, people to visit, deadlines that needs to be met, mouths that need to be fed. Their are relationships that need tended too and mended and healed. All the time, I am haunted by the needs of time that appear and then quickly vanish.
I find myself knowing that I should take time out and rest. Time to stop. Time to recharge my batteries and yet I press onward towards the next thing to occupy my time.
I am thankful for moments like these. However brief they may be, that give me a chance to simply stop...be still...and rest.
So many times throughout scripture, we find our Lord bombarded with people. Inundated with request and demands of healing of saving of healing. He is quick to answer and meet the needs of His followers as He knows they are in desperate need of Him. But despite the busyness of His life, He always finds time to escape the scence. Whether he withdraws quickly or hides away, He understands that He too needs time to Himself. Jesus understands that He requires intimate time to be with God.
Is that something that I understand as well? Do understand and see the need to withdraw into quiet places to be alone with God? It is in those intimate moments that one finds solice. It is in those quiet encounters with God that we feel His true presence in our lives. When all of the distractions have been put away and time has come to a close for the day, we sit still and know God.
So I listen to the rain dance in the night sky and I meditate on the thoughts God has given me and I cherish this time, however brief it may be, because I know that God is here.
Is that something that I understand as well? Do understand and see the need to withdraw into quiet places to be alone with God? It is in those intimate moments that one finds solice. It is in those quiet encounters with God that we feel His true presence in our lives. When all of the distractions have been put away and time has come to a close for the day, we sit still and know God.
So I listen to the rain dance in the night sky and I meditate on the thoughts God has given me and I cherish this time, however brief it may be, because I know that God is here.
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