Be Still

 

With school started, the neighborhood dinosaur takes a little time off. Nothing to announce. No decorations to wear. A little lull in the responsibilities and duties of narrating the life of its family. It may just be me, but it seems that he looks relaxed and rested. Or maybe I’m just projecting.

We can go from one day to the next, one responsibility to the next, one challenge to the next, without a break or rest. We can just get tired. We can worry about all that needs to be done and feel the pressure to do it all. We can grow disappointed and disillusioned with people close to us. We can run out of energy, and with it, faith and hope. Sometimes we need a little time like the neighborhood dinosaur. We need to be still.

The Psalmist writes, “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Be still and know. Sometimes we need to clear our schedule. Sometimes we need to let others do the work. Sometimes we need to stop even our religious busyness and be still. Who knows what we will discover? Who knows who we may come to know more deeply? We may discover much about ourselves. We may come to know God in a more profound way.

Peace.