I have been impressed again by how very important it is for each of us to learn to get still. Here is one song that began this quest for me many years ago. Before Christy Nockles was known by name, she and her husband published music under the name Watermark.

The more I get alone, the more I see
I need to get alone more, more
'Cause just when I think that I'm alone
Your Spirit calls out to me
And even silence has a song
'Cause that's when You come, sing over me

Still, let me be still
Let me be okay with the quiet in my heart
Still, I want to be still
I'm so quick to move instead of listening to You
Shut my mouth, crush my pride
Give me the tears of a broken life
Still

Oh this world, it falls around me
And flutters all it's beauty in my eyes
But let me choose the solitude
Simplicity has always simply changed my life
And even stillness makes me move
'Cause that's when my heart learns to dance with You

Still, let me be still
Let me be okay with the quiet in my heart
Still, I want to be still
I'm so quick to move, instead of listening to You
I'm your child, tame my heart
Obedience to me impart
Still

La la la, la, hold me
La la la, la, cleanse me
La la la, la, change me, oh God
Change me, change me while I am

Still, let me be still
And know that you are God and You're always enough
Still, I want to be still
To take all that I am and simply lift it up
Shut my mouth, crush my pride
Give me the tears of a broken life
Still, still, still, still, still   Still lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

How is your practice at getting still? Do you have a practice? Listen to the song again and ponder the words. They are full of deep truth.

Think of it as a time to re-collect: to bring back to the level of conscious awareness : remember.

We get so very scattered in our daily lives. Can we set aside a time each day to draw ourselves back together? Waiting in stillness with the remembrance that God is on the throne and not flustered by our forgetfulness or distractedness. During the practice try to turn off the chatter in your brain. Make note of the noteworthy thought with the promise to tend to it later.

Stillness is not to be underestimated in value. The practice of multi-tasking has been overestimated. To come to stillness in this day and age takes practice, and more practice.

Stillness is the ultimate in quiet.