Dear Perennial Heart: Ps. 37:7

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Ps. 37:7

I wrote this a long time ago, but it has been in my mind all day. Somehow it really fits tonight as I anticipate my husband's surgery tomorrow.

Ps. 37:7- "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;"

My body sits so very still,
But not so- my insides.
They quiver, shake, twist, and turn;
My mind, my thoughts, and stomach churn.
"Be still before the Lord,"- the Psalm,
"Wait patiently for Him."
Be still, my mind.
Be still, my thoughts,
While others see the outward calm.

Great God of the Invisible,
You know my heart is not so still.
And waiting seems unnatural
Yet Your Word clearly marks Your will
For me- a deep, internal rest,
Not just a calm veneer.
Your sovereign hand carved out this test.
Enable me to trust You here.

Dear perennial heart, be still before the Lord. He knows all that you are facing.

1 comment:

Heather SmithDecember 30, 2011 at 12:46 AM
I have loved reading your recent posts. I love you, sis. Please know that you will be prayed for by many people in the days to come. I am thinking of you constantly and upholding you all before the Father.

Remember . . . Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12)

Holding your hand from afar,
Heather
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