The Little Things
November 10, 2015

Does anyone else feel like it has been a busy past few weeks? I’ll be honest- I’m busier than I’d prefer to be. Most days I work about eleven to twelve hours (the day I teach I work almost 14 hours). I’m missing some of the unforced rhythms that come with rest and stillness.

It’s easy to get swept up into the busyness and chaos, and it’s easy to run around as a victim to our schedules. I fight desperately hard against that mindset, so even when I’m busy, I make active choices. I make a choice to keep my mind and my heart still and at peace even when life is busy.

This year I’ve had the phrase “you will find rest for your soul” (part of a verse from Matthew 11:28-30) on my mind daily, and try to repeat the phrase as I breath in and out deeply. In the middle of the chaos I’m learning to find a deep “soul rest” for myself, where I can rest and be still.

Be Still

In the middle of the chaos, I can let me mind race and my thoughts tumble out of control as I allow myself to worry. I forget that I have a responsibility to own my thoughts. So I breathe deeply, say a prayer for true peace and shalom, and ground myself in the truth that it is well. I find rest.

When the chaos of life happens, I try to make space, even if it’s just a few moments at a time, to breathe and to be. I close the door of my office and close my eyes. Shalom.

When I go from one thing to the next until evening, I light a candle, turn off the lights, and read for even a few moments. be still.

When things are happening all around me that are outside of my control, I breathe and look down at my wrist. IT IS WELL.

I’ve been challenging myself throughout 2015 to ground myself in shalom, in being still for just a moment, and belief in it being well – grounding myself in my faith. I’ve challenged myself to be active in my thoughts and my internal world as I check things off my to do list and accomplish my responsibilities through the day.

Would you care to join me on this journey? Shalom. Peace. Find rest. Be Still- It is well.

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