Be Still and Know

I'm tempted in the new year to make resolution upon resolution--exercise more, write more, read more, especially the Bible and devotionals, pray more and better, follow through on all the half finished projects from last year, cook from scratch more often, keep the house cleaner. The list can be endless, and my ability to fail to maintain the busy-ness guaranteed.

Instead of more, perhaps what I need is less. To be still. My meditation on this line from the Psalms:

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:1

Be still and know that I am…
The one who claimed you, taking you to my heart so that you might have hope.

Be still and know that I…
Have plans that will fuel your dreams and bring you always ever closer to me.

Be still and know that…
You will discover your place in and ministry to this beautiful and brittle world.

Be still and know…
That I’m a commando of love. Be amazed at where and how I will reveal myself.

Be still and…
Sit down and shut up, sometimes. I want your attention. I want your intention.

Be still…
You are a thing of beauty and I have given you seasons. A time to bloom, a time to fade, a time to wither and be pruned, a time to be small and turned in upon yourself, and a time for rebirth.

Be…
Just be.