“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). A friend and I met for lunch one day recently. It had been a while since we’d been together, so we needed a place that was quiet enough for easy conversation without shouting over the background noise. A quiet eatery…
“Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him . ” (Psalm 37:7, ESV) Are you a good listener? Sometimes we mistake hearing as being the same as listening. We may use the words interchangeably, but there is a difference. Hearing is the perception of sound. Listening involves understanding the…
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.” Psalm 42:5 Sometimes it comes upon us suddenly and unawares. There is a feeling of apprehension, heaviness, something is…
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.” Isaiah 30:15 A friend and I were discussing the other night, how sometimes people will come to us…
“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.” Prov. 10:19 Is there any one of us that cannot remember times when we have spoken without thinking carefully about our words? I think it is a human tendency to just open our…