When my brother was about three years old and things would get loud around the house (or Caleb just wanted someone to be quiet) he would say "Ahshhh". We really have no idea why, but it was like a whisper when he said it. Whenever I think of a quiet and still heart I think of three year old Caleb whispering "ahshhh". So often I find myself getting stressed, impatient, and not at all the biblical example of peace. I need to "Be still and know that He is God..". Rest in the fact that He is the one that carries the world, and I really do: nothing. It is so very comforting to remember how "un-incontroll" I am. How Someone so much much bigger than I am is in controll.
I love this song (below) by Watermark.
The more I get alone
The more I see I need to get alone more, more
Cause just when I think that I'm alone
Your Spirit calls out to me
And even silence has a song
Cause that's when you come
Sing over me
Still, let me be still
Let me be OK
With the quiet in my heart
Still, I want to be still
I'm so quick to move
Instead of listening to you
Shut my mouth
Crush my pride
Give me the tears
Of a broken life,
Still
Still, let me be still
And know that you are God
And you are always enough
Still, I want to be still
To take all that I am
And simply lift it upStill, let me be still
Let me be OK
With the quiet in my heart
Still, I want to be still
I'm so quick to move
Instead of listening to you
I'm your child
Tame my heart
Obedience
To me impart
Still