250313 Stillness

 Stillness

Be still is something we can't do

When at the tender age of two

In fact, all through our childhood

Though told to do it, seldom could

It's hard to be still in our seat

When music gives us happy feet

For, even if the beat is slow

We find we're swaying to and fro 

Of't times happens against our will

That mind or body can't be still

The effort to be takes its toll

When we have little self- control 

As adults, we are rarely still

Unless perhaps we've fallen ill

Is "still" something we ought to be

Or looked upon as just lazy

Though whole world says to do, do, do

The state of stillness has value

Constant busyness is not best

For body and mind need to rest 

The state of busyness, in fact

Is meant strategically to distract

From what true stillness can provide

A peace that's found on other side

So valuable, God gave command

Be still, and thus know that " I Am"

His still, small voice will be more clear

When we slow down enough to hear

When fearful or in anxious state

Be still, and on God meditate 

If we don't make stillness a choice

We'll find it hard to hear his voice

Relationship with God's what matters

Can't nurture it in all world's clatter

So make the time to just be still

It's there we'll hear and know God's will