Sometimes you need to drown out the NOISE of the world,
in order to hear the SOUND of Heaven.
Autumn is my favorite time of year. There is so much art in the scenery, outside. You can smell the freshness of the season, in the air. It's cozy time!!! ;)
I love to cook, bake, and entertain, this time of year, more than any other season.
But lately, I have felt cluttered in my mind. Am I too busy? Over committing myself? Talking too much, or just involved in more than I should?
I don't want to miss out on this season and have it pass by, without enjoying it. I need to spend some quality time with friends and family, but most of all... some QUIET time with God.
I started thinking...
What if, all of us turned off our TV's, cell phones, and computers, and we were just quiet, for awhile?
What if we took some time, to get outside and listen to the ocean, the birds, the wind, the rain, and the snow fall?
Are we missing out on the BEAUTY of this season, that was given to us and what it may GIVE back to us?
There's a place I like to go, on Tuesday's (for one hour), to pray and just listen. I can't believe how much I have heard, how much I have seen, and how much I have felt, during this short period of time.
I am so thankful for THIS Sanctuary! It IS so refreshing and my soul feels REVIVED.
I wonder what ideas, dreams, and music, may spark inside all of us, if we just took one hour to Be Still.
And know, that He IS...
GOD.
Tim McGraw ~ Still
There's a place I like to go
Where I can here the cotton grow
When that train whistle blows
A dozen miles down the road
All I really have to do, is just be still
There's the place I love to be
Momma, Daddy, my sister and me
First time I ever saw the beach back to 1983
All I really have to do, is just be still
When this world gets crazy
And tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes no matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place that I can see
Where my babies next to me
Close enough to feel the heat
All wound up beneath the sheets
All I have to do, is just be still
When this world gets crazy
And tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes
No matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place I need to go
Where the stain glass windows glow
Every part of me is known
Thank God I can go there
Thank God I can go there, still
Still...
Thank God I can go there, still
Where I can here the cotton grow
When that train whistle blows
A dozen miles down the road
All I really have to do, is just be still
There's the place I love to be
Momma, Daddy, my sister and me
First time I ever saw the beach back to 1983
All I really have to do, is just be still
When this world gets crazy
And tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes no matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place that I can see
Where my babies next to me
Close enough to feel the heat
All wound up beneath the sheets
All I have to do, is just be still
When this world gets crazy
And tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes
No matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place I need to go
Where the stain glass windows glow
Every part of me is known
Thank God I can go there
Thank God I can go there, still
Still...
Thank God I can go there, still
10 comments:
Wonderful post, Lisa. Thanks for sharing your heart. I, too, sometimes just need to turn it all off and meditate in the stillness of God and Who He is, and the beauty He has gifted us with in the world He created.
I have decided to start taking half a day twice a week, minimum, off from technology... at least for a while... and recenter in this way on the Living Love Who created us to love and to adore Him.
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AMEN!!! THANK YOU!!! I love that!!!
We can become so distracted and busy that we don't take time to hear Him.
I always joke and say... that's probably why He gives us dreams, it's the only time that we are still and quiet!!! hehe
Lovely words.
I always find your posts so refreshing and beautiful Lisa.
http://rimlybezbaruah.blogspot.com/2011/01/then-and-now.html
yeah solitude.
nothing like it. esp out in nature.. the closest i feel to the earth, the energy.. the universe..
peace. :)
@Jan Thank you for reading and commenting! ;)
@Rimly Thank you so much for the SWEET compliment!
@Sensei I agree... I love listening to the ocean and the birds outside. It's BEAUTIFUL!
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Oh, yes . . . Be still, and know He is God. How I treasure my quiet time with Him.
Wonderful post, Lisa Marie. Fall is my favorite seasons, too. :)
Blessings to you!
This is one of the best reflections I read ~ well, all of your reflections are actually...
I love it when you say you take time to pray and just listen ~ 'when the world goes crazy ~ I can close my eyes' sung Tim McGraw ~ Oh, how relaxing just to sit beside the Lord...
I really have lots to share but it would be great to just sit quietly here and allow the words to soak in...
Martha J. M. Orlando: AMEN!!! Thank you, blessings to you too.
@melissa: SOAK IT IN. haha Thank you for the BEAUTIFUL compliment and for sharing my blog, also.
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