Have you ever been in a season of indescribable busyness, pulled in a thousand good directions? Have you ever felt distant from God, even though you are going through the motions of the relationship with Him and continue to be in service to Him?
That's where I am right now. This verse reminds me that the one thing I must do is Be Still -- somehow, someway to be still both in my soul and in my actions -- so that I may know Him. From that place, I will be able to hear His voice and heed His call.
I pray for a stillness of the Lord for all of us today. May we soak in His Word and allow it to still us from the inside out!
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Thank you for the reminder. The best way to do when we are so soaked into busyness. Be still and know that He is God.
Here's my entry :
http://vunhome.com/index.php/2009/06/17/be-anxious-for-nothing/
A beautiful reminder to quiet myself before Him today. Hapy WFW!
For whatever reason, this comment area won't allow me to link to my specific URL. So here is my blog: dancinginthemarginsblog.com
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I can so relate to your post this week. So very true and this verse is a favorite! These words have comforted me and strengthen me many times in my life.
I come here and I see the words jumping out for me. God speak to me through your post. Thanks so much for being an instrument.
Mariposa's WFW
Gods sweetest blessings to you dear. Here is my link: http://shortybearsplace.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_16.html
Gods sweetest blessings to you. Here is my link: http://shortybearsplace.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_16.html
This is so gorgeous! Blessings & have a lovely WFW!
http://alihsee.blogspot.com/2009/06/wfw-forgive.html
This is beautiful. I am learning more and more how being still is so very important!
http://crittyjoy.typepad.com/critty_joy/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-june-17.html
i love the verse you shared!
thanks for sharing...
my post is up too! http://www.mommyjourney.com/2009/06/wfw-proverbs-2324.html
i have another post at my other blog... check it out too
http://chrisamador.blogspot.com/2009/06/psalm-627-8.html
Hi Lisa! I'm so excited because I learened how to use the different settings on my camera, LOL! Now I can use my very own pictures for this wonderful Word-Filled Wednesday!! Thank you for hosting!
The verse I chose this week is very similar to yours. :)
It won't let me paste a link. Hmm.....but my name will take you to the front page of my blog where the post is on the top.
Oooh - I'm first! This is SUCH an amazing reminder for us - I sometimes feel like my permanent home is in one of those crazy states, but God reminds me to be still and it makes all the difference.
Here's my link!
http://joannesher.blogspot.com/2009/6/word-filled-wednesday-angry.html
This is one of those verses I need on an hourly basis! Thank you for sharing this beautiful scripture card to accompany it!
Your first paragraph was a "hit the nail on the head" moment for me....I am in that place right now!! Thanks for the reminder of being still...
I found you by way of Beth's "heading toward my destiny" blog.....
~Beth
Love that verse ~
I just arrived here from 160 acre woods. I participated in "Word Filled Wednesday" today for the first time.
Here's my link: http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-job.html
It's a picture of a baby elk that was calved right outside my Uncle's door up against their house! Amazing! And I added a passage in Job about the birth of mountain goats.
Courtney
www.womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com
That verse is just perfect for today.
Here's mine - http://changingreflection.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html
I love the verse! Thank you! I have added my verse for WFW at my blog: www.filledwithpraise.blogspot.com
Have a blessed day!
Amy
I love that verse! I am also memorizing the one that goes "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him". wait - patiently - something I am learning!
That is beautiful Lisa!
Here is my link: http://bethinnc.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html/
Have a blessed day!
Beth
Happy WFW!! Here's mine...
http://alonethoughts.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-just-keep-climbin.html
Smiles!!
Being still before the Lord is so very important. I know I often miss out on many blessings because of my failure to be still in His presence. Thanks for sharing this with us today.
Happy Word Filled Wednesday!!
Jenifer
http://www.byhisgraceministry.com/2009/06/wfw_17.html
http://susan2956.blogspot.com/2009/06/dressed-and-ready.html
Wow, this is sooooooooooo beautiful. If you don't mind I'd like to put this on my sidebar?
Hope you have a blessed WFW♥
Signing in for our sweet Lori!!
http://www.allyouhavetogive.com/search/label/pure%20heart
Have a blessed day, I know she would LOVE your graphic and scripture!!
Thank you for sharing, beautiful!
http://www.chelled.blogspot.com
It is in the quiet that we hear Him the most! Hope you will visit my site for my post this week.
Being still. That's the hard part. I KNOW that he is God. But I have a hard time with the still part.
Karin.
http://hennhouse.blogspot.com
It's always a good exercise to be still and remember that God is in control.
Have a great Wednesday.
Click on my name and you should get to my post...
Love this scripture and need it at this time in my life. Blessings!
http://slywillie.blogspot.com/
Thanks for hosting Lisa. Sorry about Mr. Linky.
May God grant you some stillness with Him...
That's a great verse and pretty picture. For my WFW, we got a kick out of a cockatoo. Here's the link: http://pocketsoftime.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-kick.html.
Yes! Being still is so important...but challenging with three little ones :)
http://notabowinsight.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-strength.html
Beautiful... I love this one. This is one of my favorite verses, and daisies are my favorite flower... AND pink is my favorite color!! LOVE IT!
http://laurenalexis1.blogspot.com/2009/06/wfw-psalm-374.html
Have a Happy WFW!
Silly old Mr Linky..we pray that you will be fixed and not obstruct us in keeping up with each other. We ask this in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I love this verse.
If I have only one verse to remember when I am old I hope it will be this one. It is the answer to so many things.
What does it take us to "Be still"
What does it take for us to KNOW that HE IS GOD
Wow......what more do we as the redeemed know.
I guess I hope I can remember John 3.16 to pass on to others, but this is my verse.
I like the one that goes with it that says, "sit still my daughter and see how the matter will fall out"
Would have to do a good old King James search for the reference to that one(Ruth 3:16) I got convicted......but the other one in the trilogy is "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength" Isa30.15
http://five-minutes-of-fame.blogspot.com/
This is one of my favorite verses. I have it on the window sill above my kitchen sink. It is something I need to be reminded of often. Thanks for hosting WFW! I hope you have a great Wednesday!
http://confessionsofasnowflake.blogspot.com/2009/06/coming-together.html
Great verse and pretty picture! My WFW was a "kick" this week. Here's the link: http://pocketsoftime.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-kick.html.
I love that verse - God often uses it to remind me to be still and trust in Him when I am beyond my limits!
http://www.undergraceovercoffee.com/2009/06/wfw-psalm-145.html
I'm now singing the Hymn "Be Still and Know that I am God" - thanks for the reminder and start to my day!
My WFW is up too at:
http://ourcomfortandshelter.blogspot.com
Have a blessed day!
http://christinnjon.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/be-still-and-wait-patiently/
Here is my actual link :) It worked this time (scratching head)
Definitely something I needed to hear today!
http://mstheophilus.blogspot.com/
I love this verse! The daisies are so appropriate - I want to be laying in a field of daisies being still! Ahhhhhh:)
Blessings--Beth
http://proverbs31dailystuff.blogspot.com
Love this verse! And here is my first Wordfilled Wednesday! I hope I did it right...I linked back to you too. Thanks!
http://proverbs31wisdom.blogspot.com/2009/06/wordfilled-wednesday.html
One of my favorite verses to meditate on and walk in.
I said a prayer for you dear one as we've all been there.
Blessings and peace to you~
Thank You Lisa! Instead of writing it all out again, you can find my post here:
http://herrerababies.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html
One of my favorite verses!
http://afuturepastorswife.blogspot.com/2009/06/wfw-breath-on-dry-bones.html
Love that verse. I am still not good at being still but definitely always need the reminder.
Check out my WFW entry "Walk with me". Click on my name and it will take you right there.
Thank you eLisa for blessing us withyour words & graphic reminder gift! One of my favorite verses & much needed! I loved your 2nd ?
PAUSE to reflect on this...not because of busyness but "do as I do not as I say"...I need to be doing more from the WORD I have soaked in for years & applying it daily.
GREAT words of Wisdom right back at'cha: May you e-Lisa
"Be Still -- somehow, someway to be still both in my soul and in my actions -- so that YOU may know Him. From that place, YOU will be able to hear His voice and heed His call.
I pray for a stillness of the Lord for all of us today [but especially YOU eLisa for choosing this verse]May we soak in His Word and allow it to still us from the inside out!"
FOR WE ARE FREE to BELIEVE with NO CONDEMNATION over at Amazing Grace:
Mazes, Messes, Miracles...praying we each SOAK in His WORD & LOVE this week!
http://mazmagi.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-condemnation.html
[this was my second attempt & AOL is so difficult as dialup in the country]This operator is very tired & frustrated trying to work with these limitations...but we serve a GOD who is able...and more powerful than anything we encounter!Copied & hoping it works!
Peace be with you///
http://jewelryatalifeuncommon.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednseday_17.html
Such a favorite verse and one that easily comes to mind when I NEED to be still!
~ linda @ Being Woven
http://beingwoven.blogspot.com/2009/06/o-most-high.html
hello, i join today for the very first time. I hope i did it right. here is my entry
http://scrap-collection.blogspot.com/2009/06/wfw-1-god-is-light.html
Hi Lisa,
What a reminder to me today. My life's been hurried, scurried and I've not been still.
Have a great day and thanks for hosting wfw.
Holykisses,
Lea
http://shabbyoldepottingshed.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-not-fear-you-are-valuable.html
I needed this reminder today! Thank You,
In Him we do have peace!
I tried to leave a link earlier, and could not.
http://melodiesandhymnsongs.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html
Love it!! On many occasions I have remind my self to just be still and let God do the rest. Thanks for sharing. Happy WFW!!
Here's my link: http://www.designers-original.blogspot.com
I love the verse and will put it on my blog. I sent you an email earlier this week that I wanted to start next Wednesday with WFW. Hope you got it if not my email is astocks@carolina.rr.com and my blog is fromtheheartae.blogspot.com.
I'm looking forward to sharing verses of the Bible.
AliceE.
Thanks for hosting today & your encouragement to be Still - I too am in the midst of too much going on.
My Link: http://hljourney.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/word-filled-wednesday-3/
~Hugs, HL
Love that verse!
Here's mine:
http://puttinggodfirstplace.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html
-Ashley
This is my first time doing this and I think it's really neat! Here's mine:
http://laurenelizabethadam.blogspot.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday-knock.html
http://pennyraine.com/blog/2009/06/keep-it-clean/
blessings, Penny Raine
http://pennyraine.com/blog
Thanks for stopping by- I found the graphic on photobucket
So beautiful. You're right sometimes we need to be ...BE STILL and let God do all the talking.
Here's mine:
http://www.lainesabode.com/2009/06/word-filled-wednesday_17.html
Happy WFW everyone!
Here's mine: http://oliveshoot.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-verse-wfw.html
Blessings~
I've enjoyed "Word Filled Wednesday" here at Extravagant Grace and added the WFW button to my site today, so it will be easy to link up from my blog home: www.comehaveapeace.blogspot.com. Looking forward to joining the chorus of scripture next Wednesday for my first time!
- Julie
www.comehaveapeace.blogspot.com
HAVE I? One of the hardest (for me) commands from God is to "be still". Thank you for this today!
My WFW contribution can be found at
http://catrinabradley.blogspot.com/2009/06/wfw-sandcastles.html
Photo credit is actually mine for a change. Taken at Garden City (Myrtle Beach) a couple of years ago.
Be blessed!
Cat
http://dailyprovision.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/dont-be-like-this-puppy/
Happy WFW! Blessings, Janet
I gave you a little "shout - out" in my post today to thank you for the wonderful LifeVerse gift!! :) You're awesome! :)
I think this one is my favorite of yours Lisa! I love the softness of the flowers with the verse!
This is my first visit to your blog, and it is a beautiful encouragement. I am already doing In His Word Wednesday, but I will likely come over on Wednesdays to read some further blessings from God's Word. Have a great weekend!
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Blessings, extravagantly,
Lisa