“Be still and know I am God.” ~ Pslam 46:10
Oh my. The sunrise. Did you see the sky God painted for us today?
Some mornings, I do. Might even snap a picture for my blog or text my husband. Then move on. But today, I stopped.
Like really stopped.
I resisted the urge to pick up my phone and rush toward the next thing.
That next thing always seems so darn urgent, doesn’t it?
I told myself to slow down … to stay in the moment. To quiet my jumping-ahead thoughts and get off the hamster wheel.
Not just on the outside but on the inside.
I stopped to soak in the silent power spreading from east to west.
Pinks and purples, blues and grays.
This ancient rhythm is a gift. It meets us every morning. It invites us to start our day by stopping.
To enter rest and delight.
Because all around us the world spins and speeds and it’s easy to get ramped up with it. Acquiring more, accomplishing more, our society applauds exhaustion and multi-tasking. Like somehow busyness makes us better. Stress and burn-out and worry are accepted as a part of life.
Chaos and anxiety are sneaky. Because it’s easy to see how they mess with our minds. But what about our bodies? We hold on to tension. And dis-ease creates a whole host of ailments.
Because we forget to stop. Breathe. And … just … be… still.
To notice something beautiful.
To talk less. Think less. Worry less.
Then we get to take rest into our work. So we won’t be tossed about by deadlines. We get to carry rest into our relationships and conversations so people won’t tick us off and messy situations won’t stress us out.
The Creator of sunrises and sunsets is truly in control. So we can rest and begin our day by letting go of it.
Let go of the weight of feeling responsible for everyone and everything .
Say, “Nope. Not this day.”
And pray.
God, we are grateful. That day after day after day, You are here to restore our rest. Remind us to protect it. We want to be a non-anxious presence, reflecting your peace to this busy, busy, wonderful world.
☮🙏🏽😎❤
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