stillness

Opening Prayer: “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10)

Scripture: Psalm 46:10

Journal: What is the role of stillness and silence in your life?  How are you longing for it?  How do you try and avoid it?  Why?

Reflection:

     stillness

when i am still

i meet the loneliness

that lies within

and i let it scare me away

from the beautiful invitation

that silence has to offer

for on the other side

of the darkness and fear

lies both light and life

the stillness but a doorway

into a what i most deeply desire

a life lived in you

but only if i dare

to not stop short of it

Prayer

Closing Prayer: “My heart is not lifted up, O Lord, my eyes are not raised too high.  I do not occupy myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.  But I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.  O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, both now and forevermore.” (Psalm 131:1-3)