Be Still

       God must be telling me to do two very important things: Be still and listen because lately that is all my entries have been about and the lessons come around the right time of the year. I don't know if it is because I'm a teacher's child and was always use to May being so busy or if it is just that this month is my family's birthday month with 5 birthdays in it or maybe and possibly both. I know I have done an entry earlier in the years about being still or at least I have but I know without at doubt they are different. This one is about another experience I had today with a child.
        I do want to start off by saying the challenge that I (we) were given at Bible study (women's Roundtable) last night. The challenge was to find a spot before God and just be still before Him and listen. We are scared to do that most of the time because we know things that we don't want to admit will come up during those times but some of things do need to come up to get closer to Him. If that makes any sense at all. I thought it was strange but totally God speaking today when I heard or thought what I did and said.
       I have one little girl that when it is nap time her body refuses to relax. She has a hard time going down for a nap because she can't relax her body by herself. She was never taught to. She had the kind of life where she could do whatever she wanted however she wanted. When I put her down for nap lately, I tell her to be still or make her body still and calm. I also tell her that her body cannot move and that her mouth cannot move either because that is not being still. Well, I guess it was that challenge I was given last night but I started to think of a verse and the most poplar verse of the Bible where it says, "Be still and know that I am God".
        I do remember my grandma having a sign in her beach bathroom with that verse on it and know as I grow up more and more I know what it really means. I looked at the little girl that I was holding and she became still finally but it was so funny how she was moving without even knowing it or she knew it she just couldn't stop herself from doing it. Aren't we that way with God sometimes? We are so busy trying to do good or be good that we don't listen to Him. We are so busy because we are scared of what He is going to show us in the stillness. When most of the time, we just need to be still and listen for the next step of our life.
          I think that is the problem for me right now and God is trying to teach me to be still. I want to do something bigger and understand some things deeper but I keep myself busy because I'm scared of those things. I'm scared that I won't do good or will hate what I learn about those things. They also could be just too hard to understand and might take me awhile to grasped but I won't know until I am still in God. I was telling that little girl "just be still and go to sleep".  He says it a lot in His Word.
          
God talking: 
                  "Just be still, I got this because I love you that much." "Just be still and follow me into the unknown. If you are with me, nothing can go wrong that we can't handle together." 
                  "Daughter (Son), stop running away (being so busy) from me and just rest by being still with me. Listen to what I have to say and watch where I lead you. You have other plans but my Plans are Greater then your plans. Turn away from your flesh and turn to your Father in Heaven. I love you and will take care of you. Don't worry about a thing. I have plans to give you hope and a future. I have plans that will make you prosper beyond what you can think of. My plans will not harm you because I love you too much. Just trust me, Daughter (Son) of Mine. "
           
           I'll admit as I'm typing this God is speaking to me too. It is a really hard thing to follow though. Believe me, I've been trying to do it since college maybe even a little before that time and I still have no idea how to do it. I'm a go getter when it comes to getting things done but sometimes we just need to take that time and be still before God because He knows us best.