stand still

Stand still.
You don’t have to keep moving.
You don’t have to make something happen.
God’s gentleness is strong enough to hold you.

Why are we always so anxious
to go somewhere…anywhere else
but right here, right now?
In whatever wherever
you happen to be,
there is the Presence of love,
the Presence that caught up
with your running.
It is here in this place
that God whispers,
“Stand still.
Just be with me.
I Am.”

Why are we always trying
to keep up with the world?
Come out of the frantic swirl.
Just give it a rest.
Find what’s best
in the stillness.

Before all your seeking
there was One who sought you,
One who endures,
who was and is and is to come,
the Ground of Being.
Take off your shoes.
Feel the fertile ground.
Stand still where you are.
Return to the Center.
Hear the soft sound
of this grounding.
Close your eyes
to open yourself
to see the beauty
full peace of earth.

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stand still
by troy cady
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*Photo by Merri J via Unsplash. Creative Commons License.