no more striving. that’s one of my chieftest prayers this year. the other day, in the middle of a wondrous mess of things, i prayed, holding up my day to Him. immediately, this verse popped into my head.
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3)
“perfect peace” without being dead! man, i wonder what that looks like. i was both strengthened and admonished by this verse– because all this time, i thought i had an idea of who God is in my life and that i trusted Him– but upon closer inspection, i’ve been going around as if all i had to lean on are my abilities, all these facts and words in my head, the people i know, and the money i have in my wallet.
as my friend had told me, “you don’t have to prove yourself to anyone,” not to God, not to the people who i think are watching, not to myself. so just be still. my head is just filled with so many voices that i can barely think straight. i can’t even write a decent blog post. (heh) (i know this has been a constant theme in my blog, i’m sorry… i just can’t seem to get the hang of this keeping still business.)
so this is where i pause. to just keep still and perhaps only then, by the grace of God, wisdom will come.
cute…