Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Still.
Somewhere during the month of October, I felt compelled to prepare my heart to be prepared by Advent. Out came the Christmas music and my focus was on an Advent study which I began reading.
And in so turning, my soul became stilled.
Still has been defined as “remaining in place or at rest; being motionless.”
We often think being still can mean being stuck but instead this lack of motion piqued my awareness. In the stillness, in the midst of the hush, a familiar story began to unfold in unfamiliar and new ways. And the truth of one verse began to fall anew:
“Be still and know that I am God!” (Psalm 46:10, NLT)
It is as we still our hearts and minds, and sit in the stillness that we are able to come to know God in deeper ways. In His pursuit of us, He wants our hearts, our attention.
God wants us to be still because
He wants us to know Him.
Today I am joining … Five Minute Friday and Faith On Fire and Fresh Market Friday and Faith ”˜N Friends .
Hello FMF neighbor #8! You began your Advent study in October – wow! Kate has been choosing some good words of late. Check your 2014 (November) FMF post on still and compare. Interesting.
Susan, it was in October I felt God pulling my thoughts toward Advent. And yes, she has been selecting some very good words for us all. I did go back and read my post as you suggested and how amazing to read the very verse Kate wrote on. Thank you for directing me there as it reminded me of the faithfulness and goodness of God to my family. xo
Visiting from Fresh Market Friday link up. Your photograph is beautiful. I love your statement about sitting in stillness with the Lord causing us to come to know Him better. That is so true! This was the perfect post for me to read this morning after I looked at my to-do list for the day, I need to make room for stillness in my day! Thank you for sharing this!
Cheryl, it is amazing how making a little room for stillness makes the difference in our days. Blessings!
The words that follow shortly after this verse in Psalm 46 hold me to the command to be still: “I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
I can’t be part of that unless I sit up and take notice in still moments.
Amen, Michele!
I loved reading this, Joanne. What a treasured reminder that in the stillness, we find God and His whispers of love, hope, and peace. Truly the gifts we need in a season we have made crazy.
Have a Blessed Christmas.
Janis
Janis, you have made such an interesting point – we have made the season crazy. May we simplify and have more room for stillness in the days we have left before Christmas. Blessings!
Amen!!
There’s not much conventional stillness in my life these days; every breath, every movement is a struggle.
But there is the calm knowing that whatever the outcome, I’ve already won.
Indeed, Andrew, you have! Praying for you and Barb.