Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vicki Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 6:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Be Still I like it Rhonda. Keep writing. It's true and honest. (smiles) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 2:54 pm Subject: Be Still > > > Here is something I wrote called Be Still. What do you guys think? > I sit here listening to the rain falling on my roof and wonder if I truly believe that if I make a conscious effort to "Be still and know that You are God" that, somehow you'll speak to me. What would you say? Why should you speak to me? Surely, there are more important people with whom you could speak. But I sit here, with the rain falling the sound wrapping around me like a blanket and I wait. The scripture advises one to be still and know, but when I'm still, I know too well my own weaknesses, my tendency towards worry, and my unspoken fears. But the verse doesn't end there, it says know that I am God. What does that mean to me? The answer to this question is important. Do I see God as a creator, an all-powerful being, one who knows everything, one who is everywhere at once? Is he far away, unapproachable? Can he be touched by my pain, by my tears? Can he? As a little girl longs to be loved, valued, treasured, accepted, I want so to believe He can, that he does, and will.