Though the Storm....Be Still

Ok, so I decided to post this morning before I left home for church.

I woke up this morning with peace! As I turned over to look at the clock and make sure it was 6:00 that I saw, I over heard Joel Olsteen on television. Now, many people have told me in the past that they "believe in God", but that's about it. Well, I believe in God, as my savior, and I also am witnessing Him, and His glory in my life. Well, back to Pastor Olsteen. He was just coming on, and beginning his message. This message was about gaining your peace with God through all the storms in your life. Truth be told, it really hit home for me. I know that lately I have allowed things that only God has control over to produce storms in my life. Ironic thing is though.....it's literally "storming" outside now!! Well, the pastor was talking about how when there are storms in your life, you must treat them as when it is storming in reality. What I often times for get is that even though there is a storm "in reality", the sun is still shining above it all! All you have to do is wait, be still, and this storm will past, and so shall the sun shine again! I know now that I "must" use this in my spiritual walk as well. When I go through things/storms, I must realize that above all the turmoil, God is still working, and when I become still, find my peace in things that are not of this storm in my life, God will see the faithfulness I have in Him, and when that storm passes, His glory, goodness, greatness.....His Light will surely shine. I know that I must be still in all that goes on around me so that I can "hear" God, "listen" to His word in my life, and only then can I proceed in the favor, the walk, of He who gives me the strength, the wisdom, the courage, to forgo, and pass over, all that has binded up against not only me, but the Kingdom of Heaven.

I think now I get it though. I remember when I was young, and it would be raining outside, raining bad, with thunder & lightning. Grandma would always say, "everybody be quiet and be still." We'd always have to turn the lights off, turn the T.V.'s off.....nobody could talk. Everyone had to just find them somewhere to sit, and be quiet! I think that Grandma was trying to teach us all how to "be still", and wait for the storm to pass! So I'm going to use that in my situations now a days! I'm going to stand still, on my rock of faith. Utilize the stength that God has given me to believe in His Holy Word. Because I know that this too shall pass!

So when I feel like the storms clouds are gathering in my life. The sun is still shining above it all!

ALL: Be blessed this Sunday morning. Even though it's raining, God is still in the midst. Be still, and have faith....and his mercy will endurth all!

Until the clock tolls another hour,

I'm off to Church!

KJD