Within the Christian community, you hear the words be still and immediately your mind goes to Psalm 46 like it was a trained response. Christians have a way of repeating "be still and know that I am God" like it was going out of style. For any situation, be still can be an accurate response. Financial problems? Be still. Kids getting to you? Be still. Work causing you stress? Be still. Don't know what's coming next? Be still. Be still is a part of our vernacular.

I have to be honest with you. I have a REALLY hard time doing it. I have a hard time being still. Still = waiting. Waiting = time. Time = money (just playing). But it's hard to be still. I even found this with relationships that I was in. I would set-up to have breakfast, lunch or coffee with someone and there would be parameters to it (sometimes because it could go on forever). There were even times when I would be there and wouldn't be able to sit and enjoy the moment, I was already moving on and moving to the next thing. As much as I was enjoying their company, 15 minutes before we're done I'm thinking ahead to the next thing on the list. Talking about cutting something short...

I wonder if I have too much on my plate. I wonder if I make too many commitments. I wonder if I have a problem with time management. Either way, I have a hard time being still. To sit and enjoy the moment is tough for me. Breathing takes work (and calendar appointments). To be able to sit and rest and be still is tough. Maybe it's the frantic pace of the world that makes something to be done all the time. Twitter, Facebook, blog, read, work, eat, rest, etc. Seems some of those can take a timeout to have moments when I can just be still. Whether with someone or by myself. Maybe it's time to be still.
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