Last night while Matt was at soccer, Stephen and I took a walk. On the edge of the fields there is a pond and as we walked by this spot, it made me pause.

The clarity in the water doesn’t happen when the water is in motion. The clarity comes when the water grows still. And in that stillness it is able to reflect the beauty around it.

Isn’t the same true with us, and our minds?

If you’re mind can be muddled like mine at times, I invite you to join me to…

pause. breathe. pray.

May we take time to be still, even if not in our bodies, in our minds. In that stillness may we be prayerful when it becomes uncomfortable to not escape it. Instead may we invite God in to help us calm our muddled thoughts so that we can grow in clarity and peace.

And when we are in this still, calm place, may we pray to see, and reflect, the beauty that is around us, like the still water did last night.

With love and hope,
Shawn

Be still and know that I am God - Psalm 46:10

He leads me beside still water, He restores my soul - Psalm 23:2-3