Be still...

Recently I have been hearing this phrase, "Be Still.."

A friend of mine recently pointed out a devotional to me in the bookstore. "Be still and Let your nail polish dry"

At first, I chuckled at the title because I usually end up ruining at least one nail.  However, the more i thought about it, the more i realized i needed this devotional, I needed this proverb, i needed this reminder.  more than that, i needed to actually PRACTICE this.

The funny thing? I actually LITERALLY practiced it this week.  i had my nails done on tuesday and then i went to a chello/piano concert at a church in the UES.  It was absolutely peaceful.  I sat in the last row and for an hour and a half i just sat there in silence. I didnt even look at my phone once and it was an accomplishment.  I did learn that some of us need to sit still and listen.  I listened to the music but I also listened for God to say Hello.  And He did!

All these days, I have come home and filled it with noise via Songza or Pandora or Netflix.  I have been afraid of the silence.  But recently, silence is where I am beginning to find the peace I have been craving.  I find peace and begin to praise God.

I was listening to this sermon today and I couldnt help but break down: http://media.calvaryftl.org/portfolio/davids-desert-song/

Pastor speaks about this Psalm and how David doesnt complain even once and this was written after everything was taken from him.

Psalm 63 NIV

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
    and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
    my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help,
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you;
    your right hand upholds me.

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword
    and become food for jackals.

11 But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

So, my journey continues.  I am surrounded by messages from my God.  I shall Be Still and spend time with Him and Praise Him as I wait for God's timing.

Speaking of praising, my friend wrote this blog this week and it just fit perfectly so i know it was yet again, God telling me that he was there for me.

http://isparkleforjesus.webs.com/apps/blog/show/43332192-tuesday-top-five-give-god-praise-

As usual, of course...

Love God and the rest will follow