Wednesday, December 14, 2011

DAY #14: CONVERSATION AT CHRISTMAS

Listening intently today I heard (over and over again...), "Be still and know that I am God."-Psalm 46:10. I am going to continue to be challenged in LISTENING to God instead of talking at Him!
 
I turned to Psalm 46 to dig a little deeper and found such encouragement in the word:
 
Psalm 46
 
 1 God is our refuge and strength,
   an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
   and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
   and the mountains quake with their surging.[c]
 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
   the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
   God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
   he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
 7 The LORD Almighty is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress.
 8 Come and see what the LORD has done,
   the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
   to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
   he burns the shields[d] with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;    I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”
 11 The LORD Almighty is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress.

CONVERSATION AT CHRISTMAS-DAY #14 PRAYER:

God,

I continue to listen and BE STILL in your presence. Thank you for loving me enough to teach me the value of being still and what it looks like to listen first!



Amen.

Where have you seen God's grace in your life today?