Yes indeed! I need some quiet time, some knowing God is God and I'm not time, some reconnecting with the One who knows it all and loves me yet and still. The day does go better when I have this time.


-----Original Message-----
From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Donna Bell
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Be Still

Hi Rhonda,
I really enjoyed your thoughts.  I had a pastor years ago who taught us to make a few minutes every day to sit down, and just be available for Him to talk too. We were always told to read scripture and or worship some beforehand, so we wouldn't get into anything strange, but I really find that my life goes better when I take time to be still.
Write some more soon.
Blessings,
Donna

On 7/29/15, Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.
>