You Quiet My Soul
Feeling burnt out?
Insecure, maybe?
Stuck in a rough patch?
When things are hard, what do you do? Do you spin your wheels in the mud, reaching out to grab onto anyone near you, desperate for affirmation? Or maybe you're filling your skull with mindless distractions - anything to busy your attention and give you some relief.
Where are you going when things get bad?
For the past few days I've been drained. Weird illness followed by a sinus infection in the midst of a partially too busy partially dead schedule and some other long-term struggles. It adds up. I feel it.
In the midst of all that I found myself feeling more insecure than usual, over-emotional, and just not my best (hey, it happens to all of us).
In my heart during this I began to seek comfort from people. I wanted rest, I wanted affirmation, I wanted somebody to encourage me during this time. And that's not a bad thing, it's perfectly okay. However, all that I was getting was more insecure, tired, and emotional. Why? Because the more I focused on getting my relief from people, the more I realized that even the best-intentioned people are still people and not saviors. We can only lean on people so much! They're not around all the time! They have their own stuff going on! And they're incapable of speaking to the deep places in us that only God can speak to.
As God nudged that into my heart, I felt a quiet whisper say "You quiet my soul."
It was if God was speaking the thing that I couldn't quite get out of my lips on my own.
God is the one who quiets our souls.
The ONLY one who will never make us weary.
The one who will never let us down.
I felt so much peace in that little tiny reminder. I was reminded of Psalm 131 which encourages us to quiet ourselves before the Lord and to not worry about things that are too great for us.
If you feel like your head is spinning today and you just don't have anything to hold you upright, let me remind you just as gently as God reminded me that He quiets our souls. He soothes us. He gives us rest. He speaks and scatters the nightmares. He is so gentle toward the painful, messy parts of us and He never puts us down for them.
I pray that tonight, you'd quiet yourself before Him. Turn off your phone, get away from whoever you're with, turn off the television. Just sit with Him and ask Him to quiet your soul. I promise you that He is the best void filler and the best healer of hurts.
Insecure, maybe?
Stuck in a rough patch?
When things are hard, what do you do? Do you spin your wheels in the mud, reaching out to grab onto anyone near you, desperate for affirmation? Or maybe you're filling your skull with mindless distractions - anything to busy your attention and give you some relief.
Where are you going when things get bad?
For the past few days I've been drained. Weird illness followed by a sinus infection in the midst of a partially too busy partially dead schedule and some other long-term struggles. It adds up. I feel it.
In the midst of all that I found myself feeling more insecure than usual, over-emotional, and just not my best (hey, it happens to all of us).
In my heart during this I began to seek comfort from people. I wanted rest, I wanted affirmation, I wanted somebody to encourage me during this time. And that's not a bad thing, it's perfectly okay. However, all that I was getting was more insecure, tired, and emotional. Why? Because the more I focused on getting my relief from people, the more I realized that even the best-intentioned people are still people and not saviors. We can only lean on people so much! They're not around all the time! They have their own stuff going on! And they're incapable of speaking to the deep places in us that only God can speak to.
As God nudged that into my heart, I felt a quiet whisper say "You quiet my soul."
It was if God was speaking the thing that I couldn't quite get out of my lips on my own.
God is the one who quiets our souls.
The ONLY one who will never make us weary.
The one who will never let us down.
I felt so much peace in that little tiny reminder. I was reminded of Psalm 131 which encourages us to quiet ourselves before the Lord and to not worry about things that are too great for us.
If you feel like your head is spinning today and you just don't have anything to hold you upright, let me remind you just as gently as God reminded me that He quiets our souls. He soothes us. He gives us rest. He speaks and scatters the nightmares. He is so gentle toward the painful, messy parts of us and He never puts us down for them.
I pray that tonight, you'd quiet yourself before Him. Turn off your phone, get away from whoever you're with, turn off the television. Just sit with Him and ask Him to quiet your soul. I promise you that He is the best void filler and the best healer of hurts.
Psalm 131
My heart is not proud, Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
But I have calmed and quieted myself,
I am like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child I am content.
Israel, put your hope in the Lord
both now and forevermore.
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