Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 37:1-11
by: Paula Davis.
I have always had trouble being still. When I was little, I had an uncle who would trap me as I ran around my grandparents’ home during holiday gatherings and make me sit still for a full minute. I thought I would die! Of course, if I wiggled or fought, he would start the time over again until I sat completely still for the entire time. I guess I really haven’t changed much as an adult. I don’t run through the house at family gatherings anymore, but I am rarely still. I always have to be doing something. God is waiting for us to be still long enough to hear him tell us how much he loves us, or to whisper his promises to us. But he is a gentleman. He rarely shouts above the noise and busyness of life to be heard by us, and unlike my uncle, God won’t trap us and hold us on his lap until we stop struggling and listen to him. He waits for us to come to him and be still before him.