Be still and know that I am God... Sometimes that is not exactly the easiest thing to do. Sometimes when you get still your mind is racing a million things... constantly turning and bringing more and more things to your attention. It is THEN that you wonder why you ever took a moment just for yourself. BUT THEN there is that moment when you finally relax and tell yourself to calm down ... to breathe... and somewhere in that moment you find... PEACE.

One thing I have learned through my new venture of being still is that I have to be patient. This is not exactly the easiest task for me. I am patient to a point. When I do the dishes I am patient for them to get done. When I lay the kids down for a nap I am mostly patient for them to go to sleep. Then there are those times when I sit down and try my hardest to let God in SOME way fill my being with stillness and peace and I find no patience at all. BUT FINALLY, it is there. And I find Him, and I know peace.

I have prayed so much recently for God to show me guidence. I have prayed for Him to fill me with knowledge to find my path, Courage to continue on the way He has mapped out for me (no matter how far out of my comfort level it may be) , and wisdom to follow His plans to the best of my God given abilities. I know God wants us to take the risk of being still.... He has so much to say... But sometimes I am afraid of what He WILL say... But I am willing to take the risk... I am willing to Listen as He says, "Betsy Ann.... Be still and know that I am God."