Be still

I was not strong enough. I was not a lot of things. I could list them all, feel like trash, and let him win - again. And today, that is such a temptation. So much was stolen from me, so many decisions were made for me, and I never had a chance.

'The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.' Exodus 14:14

Today's devotions led me to Exodus 14, the story of Moses parting the Red Sea. Nothing new, nothing I haven't read before, but verse 14 jumped out at me. It's not that I've never heard it, or never understood it, I've just never needed it so much as I do now. I've never experienced it. It hits closer to home now, I guess. I just have to shut up and be patient, and I'll be granted healing. In learning patience, God will bring me to His divine plan - and it'll be so much better than what I've lost, because it'll be His choice ... not mine.

This passage reminds me that at least SOMEONE is fighting for me. And not just ANY someone, the Someone who has power over oceans and winds and storms. That's the best Someone I could ever ask for.

I am not at peace, not yet. But I'm on my way to believing.

xme