Hush, Be Still.

I'm the book of Ruth now, and I have a long way to go until I finish the Bible. I've read the entire New Testament and I'm trying to finish the Old. Though I run into obstacles and trials of this world, I know that my God is my Healer. For the past week, I've been learning about praying. How praying is so important in our lives. Pray for this. Pray for that. We always praise God, but sometimes we forget to praise the Holy Spirit. God uses the Holy Spirit in us to speak to this world. It's the Holy Spirit He uses, not us. I've learned to pray, to read, to pray again, and read again throughout my day. I've learned that if our God is with us, who can be against us. I've learned that God is Good. And with all these things...
...I've finally found this Joy. I finally found happiness.


I love too pray, I wake up early in the morning with excitement, knowing that my day is going to start with God. Knowing that I can spend the beginning of my days with God.
The very God that split the seas apart. The God who spoke and came to be. The very God who said "Hush, Be still". And the seas and the storms calmed down. Even the rocks cry out to Him.  Who wouldn't want to spend time with this God? 


He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm
                                           ~Mark 4:39
Immanuel - God with us.
God is with us. He roams through this world, everywhere at once, hearing everything, feeling everything, loving everything He made. Because He said "And it was good".


Today in basketball, near the end, I couldn't find my keys. I looked and looked. While people were playing basketball, I was looking for it with some people. Finally, they started asking everyone if they saw a red lanyard with keys on it. To my complete surprise, basically everyone started looking for it. They looked everywhere for it. The restroom. The kitchen. The bags. The tables. Everywhere.
Eventually I found out I left it in my trunk, which was locked.


But that wasn't what it was about. It was about a group of people, who cared for me. Willingly giving up their time of basketball to help me look for it. I felt so loved. Loved by the people of our Church. Even though it was just a simple thing, knowing that these people care, warms my heart. Maybe having brothers and sisters in Christ is all you need. You don't need to hang out with the cool people. Or try to act cool so people will like you. You just need people who know who you are, accept you, and love you no matter what.


So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
                                                ~ Galatians 6:10