The Journey

When Brett and I were first married, I informed him “I will never move more than two hours away from my family.” In 2012, God said, “Think again,” and He spoke to us about moving to South Africa. The blogs I wrote about that journey are available on another blog site, but I am going to move them to this blog site since it is the one I use now. Anyway! Over the next several days, you will see what the journey looked like from 2012 until the present day.

Be Still and Know 11/24/2012

Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 146:10a

Let’s take a moment and ponder three words of this verse, BE, STILL, and KNOW. Please bear with me for a slight lesson before I get to the heart of my thought.

BE simply means to exist. We can all do that. If we are living, breathing beings, we can be. We can be a lot of things. We can be happy, sleepy, grumpy, or tired. But most everyone likes to BE active. We need to always be doing something or we don’t feel like we’re getting anything accomplished. 

STILL means remaining in place or at rest. This word is much harder for most people to do than be. It seems we’re simply not encouraged to be still or we just don’t know how to be still. When someone tells us we need to just rest so that our bodies can heal, we come back with “But I’ve got so much I’ve got to do” or, “REST! I can’t REST! Are you crazy!” If we have thirty minutes where the kids aren’t home we can’t just sit and Be Still because we simply don’t know how.

KNOW means to apprehend clearly and with certainty. I always like to say “I know, that I know.” Meaning no one could ever tell me any differently or sway me to think in another direction.

Brett and I are entering into a season of be still and know. When you are moving 8243 air miles from your family, you better be still and know. When people try to talk you out of moving, you better be still and know. When you’re cleaning out your home and have years of taxes and stuff you’ve collected, you better be still and know. When you’re selling your home and want it sold in a month, you better be still and know. Being still in your spirit is very important when you’re taking on moving across the world to do what you know God has called you to. 

Brett and I take time every morning to have a devotional and pray together. This is our time of being still and know. This morning our time was touched so very sweetly by the calm, reassuring Presence of God as we chose to be still and know.