Be Still and Know

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46:10a

Sometimes we get so caught up in the things of everyday life that we fail to rejuvenate. Perhaps that's why we are so tired when we go to bed. We go from a busy day at work; an evening packed full of things that didn't get finished through the day; chores that working mothers have to contend with at night and a hundred other things that each of us deal with.
 
Have you ever heard someone say they were too tired to sleep? Maybe it's because they didn't take time to relax. Maybe they felt they just couldn't fit it into their busy schedule. Some of us aren't organized enough to keep things flowing easily so we have to play catch up at the end of the day.
Jim Burns once said, "Out of solitude comes strength...out of quiet comes peace...out of talking and listening to the Lord comes vision. The poem below is a helpful reminder of what I am talking about."

"I wasted an hour one morning beside a mountain stream,
I seized a cloud from the sky above and fashioned myself a dream.
In the hush of the early twilight, far from the haunts of men,
I wasted a summer evening, and fashioned my dream again.
Wasted? Perhaps. Folks say so who never have walked with God.
When lanes are purple with lilacs or yellow with goldenrod.
But I have found strength for my labors in that one short evening hour.
I have found joy and contentment; I have found peace and power.
My dreaming has left me a treasure, a hope that is strong and true.
From wasted hours I have built my life and found my faith anew."
—Author Unknown

What if we adopted this idea? What if we spent an hour in the evenings just listening to the sounds of summer or listening to the rain fall on the roof instead of having the TV on blasting away with useless clamor or grabbing our cell phones every time we hear the ding of a message coming through? What if we spent an hour or so communicating with our Heavenly Father? Maybe you don't have an hour of solitude but I think most of us could chisel out a few minutes in quiet reflection thanking our Heavenly Father for the blessings of our day.

" He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while” Mark 6:31a (AMP)