View from the lounge chair

We come bursting into this world making an entrance -
Fighting, crying, demanding, creating, expecting...
And for many, much of life continues in the same vein -
Active, restless, demanding, expecting, making things happen!
Then suddenly -
In those 'get away from it all' moments,
The beauty and peacefulness of stillness is savored.
The peaceful serenity of a sunrise,
Gentle breezes,
Waves lapping the shoreline,
Puffy clouds,
Birds in graceful flight -
And we wonder,
Why is so much of life lived at a frenetic, hurried pace,
As if it's up to us to keep the earth spinning on its axis,
the sun rising and setting, the galaxy intact.
As if we were to stop, things would come to a grinding halt,
stars would fall crashing into the sea, birds would cease flying?
Look UP!

"The heavens declare the glory of God..."

But to look up, we have to STOP.
His glory is all around us.
He knows how many grains of sands are on the beach.
He feeds the birds.
He clothes the wildflowers.
He brings the gentle breezes.
He calls the stars by name.
He is majestic and awesome.
He holds it all together.
My doing doesn't change that one iota.
I can BE...
Because HE IS!

"Be still and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10

"My soul, wait silently for God alone,

for my expectation is from Him." Psalm 62:5