We all need a moment to stop and enjoy the moment...Today's Scripture:
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46: 10
Three words can aptly describe the average christian...especially a christian woman today: busy, busy, busy. She hurries from one project or need to another, taking care of others and balancing demands. Studies show that not only is the average woman busy from the time she wakes to the time she goes to bed, but she also is reducing her sleep time because she just has too much to do.
It is tough for many women to slow down for anything - even God. This not only affects a woman's physical life, but also her spiritual life.
It is important for women to be still and know God for a couple of reasons.
In taking time to be with God, a woman builds her relationship with him. As she focuses on God, she remembers how vast God is. She thinks about God knowing everything, being everywhere, and being the focus of the universe. That puts her life into perspective as she sees the big picture of God and takes the focus off her own limited world and limited control. Perhaps most important, when a woman is still, she is refreshed spiritually and gains a new sense of how important she is to God and yes to her family. As a woman is still before God, she hears his voice - his loving, supportive, nurturing and yes reassuring voice.
Selah people' and friends slow down. Men help facilitate this for those special women in your life. Wash and put those dishes or clothes away. Make time to pick up her load and allow her to lay back and listen to still small voice that is our God speaking to her. Ladies avoid being so busy with the necessities of life that you forget to nourish your soul. Take time to be still in God's vastness. Somehow everything important will get done, and you'll find fresh rest for your life. This blog was incomplete as I thought of my wife handling my load of putting the children to bed while I was on my ride home from hospital visit at Wake med late last night. Take time out for God.
"Peace be yours as you make time for Quiet amid the Chaos we call life."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston
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