Be Still

A friend of mine and I have had conversations over the past few months about feeling like we are in a season, that God is telling us to be still. Now, if you know me, you know patience is not one of my virtues. I may have a teeny little desire to be in control. Like everyone else in the country the lock down due to Covid-19 made my planner completely unnecessary. Y’all I have a color-coding system for each family member, work/church stuff, and family stuff.  Hello, my name is Susan and I love excel, planning and controlling.

Seriously though, I have been patient throughout the quarantine. I’ve been distracted with work, because even though church has not been held in the building, it’s never been closed and so much goes on behind the scenes that most don’t even know. We were also blessed enough to buy a house the week everything shut down. Our weekends have been used making it a home. We were getting ready to be in a very busy season through March, April and May. So much so that I remember praying in February for my anxiety to keep in check for the upcoming months because I had no idea how I would manage it all. I truly believe that whether or not I realized it, I was still. Sure, work was busy, and we had to figure out how to be about people without being with people. We had rooms to paint, boxes to unpack and yardwork. However, I had time to really delve into my bible, have dinners at the table, lunch breaks with my husband and time to fish off the dock. I was able to participate in a book study online with the women of my church, which is hard to do when you work for the church. I was still to sideways energy and things that really didn’t have an eternal importance. It’s because of that stillness, or calmness I heard the Spirit nudging me to blog again.

I have no idea where this is going. I felt like God was telling me to share the things He has revealed to me. I know there are grammatical errors, maybe some type o’s (hopefully not, I am using spellcheck😊), I’m not a professional, but I was still, I listened, and I was obedient. There is more that the Lord is calling me to. I have no idea what it is! I’m no longer anxious. So, for now, I’d like to leave y’all with these scriptures in case your feeling anxious, impatient or unsure. 

“The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.” Exodus 14:14 NLT

“The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search him, to those how search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.” Lamentations 3:25-26 NLT