To be still

Oh the thoughts that have been on my mind. Recently it's been go, go, go and I haven't had time to stop and be still. I have hated this.  If you know me, I am a BIG advocate for taking time to be still.  Sadly our culture is incredibly wrapped around schedule and time. We hardly even stop to take a breather. Our culture likes to be busy and I think at times we are even scared to be still.

People don't like to be still for many reasons, some people don't want to be still because that means dealing with things on their heart- pains, troubles, etc. Other people just don't know how to or people just don't have the time. I have dealt with all of these.

Any and all of you out there I encourage you, I plead with you, stop and be still today. It's worth it!

You can be still and do many things, but when I talk about being still I mean take time to open your heart up! God wants you to open up your whole heart to him. How can a relationship work when we just take God on the go like fast food.  Also when I talk about being still I  mean thinking, pondering, and dwelling on the Lord. Let his grace invade your heart, let his power shape your mind etc.

What being still sometimes looks like to me:
Sometimes I sit and ponder and look at His Word and other times I just write down prayers to God, though usually my time includes art. I have realized that I communicate through creating. I pull out my paint, pencils, guitar, journal, camera, or music and just let God open my heart as I create. So sometimes my communicating my heart to God or dwelling on who He is is through my art.  Just today I was thinking of how this is similar to David in the Bible. I thought, wow David was an artist. He wrote his heart out in the Psalms and declared who God was at the same time. Never had thought of it quite like that.

Take time to be consistently still.
-It makes me think of the Sabbath and how God intended us to take a WHOLE day off. 


---Now this is the point where I take my own advice and go and be still....