Be Still and Know

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (Psalm 46:10)

One of the hardest things to do at times, from a toddler wanting to explore everything around them to a grown-up person waiting their turn in a check-out line, is to be still. We would rather be doing something, anything, than to have to wait, to be quiet, to sit still. And yet, the Psalmist in Psalm 46, invites us…