Sweet Hush of God

My friend, Pauline Stringer, penned the following words. Recently she shared them at our church and my heart was refreshed. After reciting the words, a loud AMEN was heard in the sanctuary...my expression of agreement. O that we would listen for His voice in the stillness (and in the blur of activity as we rush about).

Thanks, Pauline, for sensing God's sweet hush and writing about it.

Sweet Hush of God

In the stillness
Where I find You
There I know You
And I love You;
In the stillness
Of Your presence
Where I find
My hiding place.

Sweet hush of God,
Sweet hush of God,
Breathe on me now
Sweet hush of God.

In the stillness
I will listen
To Your heartbeat
I surrender.
In the stillness
I will trust You
As You enfold me
In Your love.

Dear friends, please take time to recharge your spiritual and emotional batteries over the Christmas holidays! We can get so frantic in the days before Christmas. We get stressed, short-tempered, impatient and hard to live with. Allow the God of Heaven to enfold you in His arms. Hear His voice as He whispers "peace" to your troubled soul. Rest in Him!

Be encouraged today!

That Still, Small Voice

Over the last fifteen years or so, the most dog-eared, marked-up, highlighted book in my library has been THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF LONELINESS by Tim Hansel. What incredible insights for those of us who spend a seemingly inordinate amount of our lives on the backside of the desert!

This book has brought encouragement and self-examination to me on countless occasions over the years.

Here's a sample of Hansel's challenging writing:

"We have allowed ourselves to be intoxicated by bigness. We sometimes anticipatge that God can only speak to us through a spectacular event. We fail to realize that most of God's miracles are small, and that He often still chooses to speak to us in a still, small voice.

What is God simply trying to say to you these days? Perhaps He is saying, 'Slow down.' Perhaps He is reminding you that "to obey is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22). Perhaps He is gently trying to encourage you with His persistent love. Perhaps He is hoping that you will recall the extent of His forgiveness. Perhaps He is whispering to you in your loneliness...and it is an invitation to a deeper experience with Him.

God is trying to speak to you. Hush. Be still. Listen to Him in the quietness of your own heart. He says, 'Be still and know that I am God.' (Psalm 46:10a)"

Good stuff, eh!

Allow the Lord of Life to draw alongside you today as you stumble towards "home". He longs to walk with you every step of the way.

Be encouraged today, dear friends!