Be still. I am pretty sure I have said that to my son more than a zillion times! Getting him dressed for school is a form of exercise, for all of us! I have learned to cherish those very few moments when he rests beside me or falls asleep on me. My daughter does a little better about resting. She tends to move a little slower like her mom. However, even in her stillness she hates to rest. She has to be reading, watching television, or playing.
I love naps! Stealing a nap when the little one sleeps is a definite treat for an exhausted momma! Just a moment to stop and be still. No cleaning, diapering, dishes, or laundry. Just hit the pause button. The only bad thing about a nap is that when you wake up, it's time to get moving and nothing has changed. You are just a little more capable of handling your day.
Choosing to be still in God's presence is more powerful. It's actually supernatural. I often believe that if I can just keep going with God, choose to have a better attitude, and keep believing all will be fine. There is only one problem, nothing has really changed. I am still filled with my empty, striving, and powerless self. When I choose to quiet my soul, quit trying, and rest in his ultimate and all powerful presence, something happens. He becomes God in my situation. His authority, comfort, power, and peace is transferred to little old me. My role is to choose to be still. His character does the rest. In my humility and need he rescues me and fills me. The laundry, bills, trials, and circumstances are still there, but I am different. Who knows, He might even encourage me to take a nap!
He says," Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth."
Psalm 46:10
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