We ventured out with friends last night. The evening had a dual purpose...to celebrate a special wedding anniversary and to enjoy an evening whose purpose was to benefit a very worthy cause. It was good to be out with people. It was good to have senses invigorated and to have a shot at the world that's going on around me before I need to withdraw again for a while. It made me grateful that the world outside my walls is an exciting place and at the same time it made me appreciate the opportunities I have had to draw away from that excitement to be quiet, to be still.
God has given me much opportunity to be still in the past year. He has pulled me away from the familiar daily busyness of my life BC and has called me to re-appreciate Him in a clear and unmistakable way. It took an emergency to allow that to happen this time around and when He pronounces me healed from cancer my desire is to allow regular periods of stillness to continue to be an important part of my days.
There is treasure in quiet times with God and while my senses are invigorated by life in the "outside" world, they are invigorated in a very different way in the world of stillness and communion with The Source of my being.
"Be still and know that I am God."-Psalm 46:10 (KJV).
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