Be Still

Now we all know what I did on my way to Louisville on Sunday night.  I prayed.  But what I didn’t tell you until now was that during that prayer I attempted to “Be still and know”, and attempted to hear that “still small voice.”

I was unsuccessful in mentally being still.  All I could think about were stupid things like what my daughter was probably doing to annoy my mother. Or all of the things I didn’t want to mess up with my resolutions this year.

But tonight, as I was running out of time for this post, and attempting to come up with a topic or idea I prayed. (Cause you know we’ve been talking about praying about EVERYTHING)
And as I was stopped at a four way stop, and barely finished uttering my prayer for blogging inspiration God spoke to me.

He spoke to me with His still small voice.  While the radio was going, and while I was worrying about what I was going to post tonight.  He made His small voice heard over all of the deadlines and random thoughts in my head at that stop sign. He was listening (as usual) and He answered (also usual).  What was probably most unusual about this situation was that I heard Him speaking in His still small voice.

Emotionally it is of the utmost importance that we know, no matter what is going on that after all of the emotional storms of the day that He will be there, assisting us.  He will be there answering our calls and prayers with His still small voice.

And just because you cannot “be still and know”.  You can always be aware and listening for His “still small voice.”

Reference Verses:
Psalm 46:10
Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!


1 Kings 19: 11 & 12
And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;


And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire [a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice.

Praying for Patience

This is going to be a short post, mainly because I have no time and very little patience left.  Somehow my two year old has run my patience to a very thin veil of it’s normal consistency.

I love her, and God has blessed me with two amazingly healthy and beautiful babies.  But two is a very trying time. And I know I usually have a verse to go with each post, well this one… it’s verse-less because I just don’t have the patience for it.

So tonight, I’m praying for patience, and some understanding.  Because my daughter needs me to be patient and understanding, and soon my son will need it as well.

So I guess tonight’s post is a continuation of last nights post.  Pray (for my sanity) tonight, without ceasing.

Matthew 7:7

Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.

Prayer

So last night I ended up having about three and a half hours to think and pray and talk to God last night.  And I realized something, well a lot of somethings, but most important in relation to Add A Little Light, is that I am entirely too stuffy over here.  Which, I think, is part of the reason I’ve had trouble writing over here on a regular basis.  I can be serious when the situation calls for it, but not for a terribly long duration.  And let’s face it, Christianity requires that you be real.  And if I’m going to be real I have to be a little more relaxed than I’ve felt in my posts so far.

So in these extra solitary hours that I ended up having last night, I prayed about a lot of things.  I prayed about our friend, her mom and their family as a medical emergency is the reason we were driving to Louisville at midnight.  I also prayed for things like peace over my house while I wasn’t there to deal with the kids.  And for our future. And to be in the will of God, and help us realize what that means for our lives.  And I prayed for Him to shrink my appetite.

I mean, He made me, so He’s totally able to mess with that little knob.  And in His word, it says He knows our wants and needs.  It also says if we ask it will be given to us.  Since one of my goals is to be healthier, ya know, for the rest of my life.  I thought maybe He could give me a helpful little boost with a Holy Ghost appetite suppressant.

I don’t do this to make light of prayer, but to show that there is never anything to small or silly to ask God for.  He can do all things, and we should never be little our thoughts, ideas, needs or wants, because He cares about them, no matter the size or seriousness of the situation.  And that’s for real, God love, right there.

Reference Verse : Matthew 7:7
Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.