Debris

 

 

In every life

There is a pause that is better than an onward rush,

Better than hewing or mightiest doing;

'Tis the standing still at sovereign will.

 

There's a hush that is better

Than ardent speech,

Better than sighing or wilderness crying,

'Tis the being still at Sovereign will.

 

The pause and the hush sing

A double song

In unison low and for all time long.

O human soul, God's working plan

Goes on, nor needs the aid of man!

 

Stand still and see!

Be still, and know!

V. Raymond Edman

The Disciplines of Life

"An inner restlessness grows within us when we refuse to get alone and examine our own hearts, including our motives. As our lives begin to pick up the debris that accompanies a lot of activities and involvements, we can train ourselves to go right on, to stay active, to be busy in the Lord's work. Unless we discipline ourselves to pull back, to get alone with the hard work of self-examination in times of solitude, serenity will remain only a distant dream. How busy we can become...and as a result, how empty.

Charles Swindoll

Intimacy with the Almighty