Photo by Norma Thatcher
“Time passes so fast. Make time to be still.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
Why does snow seem to make everything quieter and slower? Even the planes making their way through the air space high above our mountain sound a tad more muffled than usual.
Having grown up in western Pennsylvania, I was accustomed to having snow and a lot of it. I recall Thanksgivings with snow as well as white Easters. Life just went on, snow or not. School was rarely cancelled or even delayed due to inclement weather.
Living near Northern Virginia is much different. Cancellations begin to occur as soon as the phrase “possibility of snow” is uttered by the first meteorologist.
As I woke to the initial snowfall of the season, it was with a sense of quiet anticipation.
Even though there is much on my to-do list for today, the snow is causing me to slow down. It’s good to push pause during the season of Advent.
The lesson I taught to first and second graders last Sunday was about just that. The church calendar gives us four weeks to reflect on the coming of a King and it’s best experienced by not rushing through it. Because when we rush, we miss the intricate details that make the true meaning of Christmas stand out.
Whether you’re enjoying a little (or a lot of) snow or sunny skies and beach weather, I hope you can find some quiet time for reflection, a time by yourself just to be still.
I know that it’s not easy to be still in our busy lives. When you’ve finally allowed yourself to have those few quiet moments, try to let go of the need to mentally plan your grocery shopping or the must-get-done list for next week.
Just be still.
Just be.
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT “I AM GOD”!!!!
It sounds like Father Randolph was listening to your blog today!
We watch the service at home and I love when you close your eyes and listen to the Gospel being read and more than that, I love when you do a reading. I close my eyes.
Love you now and forever.
Judy, thanks for lifting me up. Your sweet comments bless my soul.
Just after reading this, I went back to work on a client’s upcoming book… and this quote was there:
“If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. For even if the Word of God were proclaimed in the modern world, how could one hear it with so much noise? Therefore, create silence.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Mr. K has some brilliant quotes. I’m fond of this one–it’s in my blog book to write about in the future:” Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”