Time swirls all around, the earth spins faster and faster, pulse is racing, breathing quickens. Be still. Run, run, hurry, hurry, meet the deadline, finish the task. Be still. On to the next thing, be the best, succeed, work, work, work. Be still. Run, run, hurry, hurry.... Be still.
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that I am God...
What will tomorrow hold, how much more can I take, what will happen next? Rest in me. Drowning, sinking, suffocating. Rest in me. Sadness, darkness, tragedy, pain. Rest in me. Unbearable, broken, exhausted. Rest in me.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest...
Relying on human strength, weakness, depletion. My grace is sufficient for you. Save yourself, do good deeds, hope it is enough. My grace is sufficient for you. Failing, struggling, grasping. My grace is sufficient for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will bast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
Rest in His arms, lay your head in His lap, He is faithful till the end. Love and mercy never ceasing come and rest in Him. Strong enough to move mountains, big enough to hold the world. Rest in Him. Be still and know that He is God, rest in Him, His grace is sufficient for you. Listen for His quiet gentle voice and just be still...
Sanctuary
Stephanie Seefeldt
My Dreams pass away like pedals on the wind
My fragile heart fears tomorrow time and time again.
Lord all this pain and sorrow I don't understand,
So I will go into the place where I can see you once again.
I will enter your sanctuary.
Though the storms of life surround me.
You will show me glimpses of your glory.
Up to Your holy mountain.
Where I am changed in your presence,
And reflecting in Your radiance,
There is none but you in Your sanctuary, Lord.
