I have been holding on to Psalm 46:10 since last September.
And today, I read in Nehemiah 8:11 those same words, “Be still.” At a time when
the Israelites were filled with grief and regret over their sins and failures,
the Levites calmed them and spoke grace to them. At a time when their failure
was weighing heavy on their hearts, dragging them down emotionally, the Levites
encouraged them to celebrate and rejoice in God’s goodness.
This speaks to me because I struggle with the what-ifs.
Sometimes the grief and burden of past failures weigh me down and keep me from
being who God wants me to be. There is a time for mourning and grieving and
confessing. But today is not that day. I have mourned. I have grieved. I have
confessed. So today I pick myself up, dust myself off and I
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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you think and how I can pray for you. Most of us are carrying some pretty heavy baggage and the good news is, you don't have to carry it alone! You can lay it at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes we need help just letting go of our baggage and not picking it up again. We're in this together!