July 1999
Lord, severe environmental illness has brought me to the place of "stillness". I'm too sick to continue the "rat race" like almost everyone else. They are so BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, and I use to be BUSY, too...but YOU have "stopped me in my tracks" and whispered "BE STILL, and KNOW that I am GOD." What else can I do but LISTEN? Thank You, Lord, for slowing me down that I might hear Your voice!
Psalm 46:10a, 11 and 47:14
Be still, and know that I am God…
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Yes, today I will sit and be still…SILENCE IS "GOLDEN", and in silence I will hear Your voice and KNOW that You, the Almighty Lord of hosts, art with me. Selah!…("Continue to be still, oh my soul, and meditate on this awesome fact of God's presence in Your midst!" …Lord, sometimes my discomfort and fatigue is so great that all I can manage to say is "Baa-aa!" I am Your little lamb, and Your arms are my place of refuge! Although the Y2K days ahead look very "gloomy", especially for the chronically ill like me who need medications and who can't eat "normal food" without great suffering, yet I know that You are my God NOW and FOREVER! You will guide me and be with me each moment for the rest of my life…even if I must SUFFER much more than my current sufferings…even until death! Love, come quickly!
I love this song, Lord…
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still my soul: thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds will know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone.
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
-song by Katharinva von Schlegel
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