A Quiet Space of Strength

“Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.”

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My granddaughter needs to get into gymnastics as soon as possible. We are running out of options at Meme’s house for her to express her athletic prowess and dramatic moves. Our TRX, end tables, exercise balls and weight bench have all become places for Norah to practice her moves. When she tried to do a pull up using an end table with a big lamp on it, we had to get LOUD to get her attention. Otherwise, that lamp was going to tumble and her head was probably going to be the thing that broke its fall.

But mostly, loud is not the way God works.

God is often quiet. He is in the song of the bird, the sneaky budding of plants in spring. Did you ever catch a leaf opening? God is quiet in his relentless movement towards justice and mercy for all. He is in the steady murmur of a new father as he rocks his wailing, loud baby to sleep.

God is quiet. God is showing us how to do strong.

Could you find some quiet today in your life? Just a few minutes is better than none.

See if conscious contact with God improves when you move into his quiet space of strength.

What God Wants...

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - Your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - And place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him… Fix your attention on God.

Romans 12:1-2 MSG

Is there a need for endless chatter about what God’s will for us is? I think not. We can sit quietly, contemplatively, secure in the knowledge that we have the meat of the message right here, right now. Next up? We ask how to personalize it in our own life. How do we stay close to God and receive his help? Who do we love in our everyday life? This is our choice.