Value in Stillness

Your mercies are new every morning

Your cool breeze blows and my face is cooled.

My stress is melted.

My peace is restored.

The branches and leaves sway and move as an act

Of obedience to Your prompting, Lord.

I follow their lead.

I bend and I sway

I move and I stand in stillness

According to the wind You provide.

If the winds of change come,

I will dance and delight in the movement they bring.

But if the stillness settles

Heavy and thick

I will rejoice in the consistent.

I will rejoice in the quiet.

I will find comfort in remaining.

Teach me not to make my own wind.

Teach me to settle in.

Show me the beauty in sameness.

The value in stillness.

I love adventure, unpredictable schedule and the possibility of surprise. New places and new people.

New ventures and new possibilities.

This is just how I’m wired and I know I lean this way for reason, but that doesn’t mean I should fly through life by the seat of my pant, being blown this way and that by my own desires or by the wind of opportunity.

I need to stay inside my comfort zone, just like people who love consistency need to push beyond their comfort zone.

Let wisdom, not whimsy, guide your steps.