Tanner's prompt for today is Stillness.
I decided to write this right after waking up in the morning, because that's when the house is most still. It's quiet and peaceful for the moment here. I feel calm. A little tired, but calm nonetheless.
In between yawning and stretching, I am lying in bed and considering the day. It would be easy to write it off as just another day - a day I just have to get through, nothing special about it. But maybe, here in the stillness of the morning, I can make it more than that.
Recently, when I was looking through my bookshelves, I discovered a notecard with some Bible verses written on it. I'm not sure who wrote them for me or why, but here's one of them:
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid." (John 14:27)
This stillness - this calm, peace, quiet - is a gift. It can soothe my troubled soul if I let it. It doesn't have to end with the morning. God's gifts are more powerful than that.
Stay tuned for May 14th: Grace.
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