Be Still

Be still my soul:the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change he faithful will remain.
Be still my soul:thy best, thy heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still my soul:Thy God doth undertake to guide the future as he has the past;
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still my soul:the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

Be still my soul:the hour is hastening on when we shall be forever with the Lord,
When dissapointment, fear, and grief are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still my soul:when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

I love this hymn.God put it on my heart today as I reflected on how life is going these days.Life is exhausting, but it seems that I can only see this when I go to sleep at night.I have enough going on where I don't take the time to process through things as they happen.I lay my head on my pillow, already tasting the glorious sleep I look forward to, but find my mind racing a mile a minute.I think about what has happened, what hasn't happened, what I want to happen, what I have to accomplish. All the while God is saying, "Be still.Not just when you lay your head to rest, but always.Be still and know that I am God."

My problem is that I forget sometimes that the Lord is on my side.Without even realizing it,I lean on my own strength, which is really just an illusion because I have no strength apart from Jesus Christ.Maybe the fact that my mind is racing a mile a minute is a sign that I have allowed ministry to be an excuse for my business.I don't have to do everything.This errs on the side of works righteousness-or atleast has the danger of heading in that direction.When this semester is over,I need to re-evaulate where my involvement should lie.

But until then,I need to find time to be still.God guided me in the past, so has He already taken care of my future.He is with me in the present.Be still....

In His Mercy.