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Restart // 4610

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Edited by Kay Beam

Well let’s try this again, shall we??

I did the blogged for a bit a few years ago, but recent life experiences have led me to feel like I should start it back up. I have been overloaded with a lot of things that need to go somewhere other than my head. God has really been impressing on me some words and some thoughts that I want to get out there.

Not only that, I want to share with you what God has been doing my life and what He has been telling me. The posts that are a part of this blog will be just random things that God tells me that just blow me away (I guess you would call those God moments), as well as different things that I learn from preparing lessons to teach at my home church. There could also be some moments that I experience that just put me in a different place and that cause me to see God and circumstances in a different way. I have also recently found some of my old notebooks from reading the Bible and spending time with God, so posts may come from those pages. I might follow topics or a passage of scripture for a few posts. I might share something from the message at church. Anything and everything is possible. I will try and keep the posts shorter as well.

I know you are all curious why I named the blog BREATHE. When you hear the word BREATHE, I know for me, it is usually when I am worked up and need to calm down and take a deep breath. This blog stems from my moments of needing to take a breath. I hope people who read the posts in this blog are motivated and inspired to BREATHE.


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4610

 Be still.

Just be still.

I am fighting for you.

Be still.

But God, the waves are so high. So fierce.

I know, my son.

Be still.  I have this.

But the pressure of the life is so great. What am I going to do??

Just be still.

I am going to be drowned by the waves of this storm. God help me!!

I am. Be still.

Never have two words resounded in my mind like these two. Be still.

In the book of Psalms, David writes these two words. I feel he was writing them as a reminder to himself that God is in control when life is out of control. The message version of the Bible states Psalm 46:8-10 like this:

“Attention, all! See the marvels of GOD! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee. “’Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.’”
Psalm 46:8-10 MSG

God is over everything, and He wants us to simply.... Be still.

But that's the hard part, isn't it?


**Further reading - Mark 4:35-41**

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