Minstrels in the Gallery – Be Still Part 2

Greetings Dear Reader,

As I pondered yesterday’s offering on the page I also found that I need to assure that I am not chasing things that detract from stillness and simplicity.  It is too easy in our culture to be attracted to things that deter from our following Christ properly.

Even as I look around my writing office I can see vestiges of the things I use to distract me when I don’t “feel” like following.  Most of them are harmless and suitable for leisure but they are also distractions if over used.

We think that distractions and new ventures will cure what ails us.  It is never true.  People leave careers and families because they are dissatisfied with life.  They damage the life and peace of others because they think something else will make them “happy”.  We move when we should be still.

As I ponder some emerging situations in our family I am sure that this is influencing my feelings.  When I have failed my family it has always been because I thought something elusive would make me happier.  I have moved when I should not have.  I have moved too soon.

In following Christ there are times when we must sit and wait.  This is the primary reason for this series on Minstrels in the Gallery.  I need to take the time to ponder what influences my journey.  I hope that you, Dear Reader will do the same.

Learn to Be Still – The Eagles

It's just another day in paradise

As you stumble to your bed

You'd give anything to silence

Those voices ringing in your head

You thought you could find happiness

Just over that green hill

You thought you would be satisfied

But you never will-

Learn to be still

We are like sheep without a shepherd

We don't know how to be alone

So we wander 'round this desert

And wind up following the wrong gods home

But the flock cries out for another

And they keep answering that bell

And one more starry-eyed messiah

Meets a violent farewell-

Learn to be still

Learn to be still

Now the flowers in your garden

They don't smell so sweet

Maybe you've forgotten

The heaven lying at your feet

There are so many contradictions

In all these messages we send

(We keep asking)

How do I get out of here

Where do I fit in?

Though the world is torn and shaken

Even if your heart is breakin'

It's waiting for you to awaken

And someday you will-

Learn to be still

Learn to be still

You just keep on runnin'

Keep on runnin

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."