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Be Still and Know

It's one of my favorite hymns,
"Be Still my Soul, the Lord is on thy side
bear patiently the cross of grief or shame
Leave to thy God to order and provide
In every change, he faithful will remain
Be still my soul, thy best, thy heavenly friend
Through thorny ways, leads to a joyful end

It's one of my most needed needs in my spiritual life:  
"Be Still and know that I am God"  (Psalm 46:10)

By nature I'm restless...not easy for me to just sit quietly in anything.  I like to be active, doing something, being productive...or at least engaged in watching.  I strain to be still before God... he's quiet, and I'm impatient.
When Jesus said, 
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for He has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives,
sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim a year of favor from the Lord."

He ended this with the words:  "today, this is being fulfilled in your listening".  Isn't it clear, that the blind, afflicted, oppressed that need this good news are not "out there", but right here in front of him.  It is Me, it is Us who need to be still and listen, know that God is present in our lives, and he brings us good news...it's not information, it's Jesus.

The Lord is on our side...bear patiently...leave to thy God...he faithful will remain...be still my soul...thy heavenly friend...will lead us to a joyful end.  

That is what I need in a world of instantaneous everything, and demands from texts, tweets, emails, and demands from all sorts of things to "listen to me"...  No, I need to be still and know the Lord... the one who is on my side.

Peace

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