Be Still
Last week end I went camping with the guys from my church and I realized on my trip that life brings about interesting rotations.
I am now of the age and mindset that I really don’t mind sitting and talking or just being still for the majority of a 4 day period, but with a 10 month old (and 7 nieces and nephews) I realize the irony of it. Those moments are fleeting because kids just don’t like to be still. I feel like its so much easier to think and rest when your being still and I rarely do I do it if ever. I usually find myself being still in front of a TV or with headphones in numbing out, but I don’t know if God counts that toward your being still or resting time.
What are your thoughts? How do you rest? How do you stop running the rat race?
I know what you mean. I so seldom find time to just be still that I have a hard time staying awake when when I have the opportunity.
yeah and lets be honest although camping is great for the whole be still thing its not so great for the sleeping thing. mmmmm nice cushy gravel and stumps.
Cx, for me, being still takes practice, like learning a new language even. I do it best when I'm outside near water – like when we were camping. But I'm learning to practice in smaller pieces. I started by driving home without any noise makers on. Now I can spend half a day in utter silence and even enjoy it. Part of that is based on the fact that I am more comfortable with God.
Either way, rest and stillness are good.