Sing You Home ~ Be Still

Greetings Dear Reader,

So often when we run from God or reject faith entirely it is because of a person or people.  We pass judgment on an infallible Father based on the actions of his fallible children.  We run from the Father who loves us toward things that have proven over and over to harm and not heal.

I have done this when I did not want to give up my interests for what is right and good.  I have seen people I love dearly do the same.  We run when we should be still.  We think we are alone because we run but we never are. There is no place we can run where the Father is not there.  

It is when we stop running and become still that we can hear and know that he is there with us.  People will fail us.  I have been fallen and foolish at times.  It is when we look past the humans to the Divine that we find the help we need. 

The beauty in it is that no matter how long and how far we run, the moment we stop and become still, the Father is there.  He is there to heal and forgive.  It may take time to recover and it may take time to right things.  That does not mean that we are alone. 

There is always a way home Dear Reader.  It almost always starts with moments of stillness.  It always takes a little courage and hope.  It takes an act of will.  The beauty of it is that God is even at work in us to give us the will to stop and become still.  Whatever we run to or run from it is in that moment of stillness that we can realize that the Father is there with us to point us to the Son so we can follow him home.

I have had to take this time to be still.  I have had to remember the one that I follow is always there, in every moment to be with me.  No matter how dark or deadly the moment seems, it is in this stillness that I find the way.  I sing to you, though you cannot hear me to help you know where to stand and be still so that you can find the way home.  We talk about wanting to KNOW that God is there.  He says, “be still and know that I am God.”

Be Still – The Fray

Be still and know that I'm with you

Be still and know that I am here

Be still and know that I'm with you

Be still, be still, and know

When darkness comes upon you

And colors you with fear and shame

Be still and know that I'm with you

And I will say your name

If terror falls upon your bed

And sleep no longer comes

Remember all the words I said

Be still, be still, and know

And when you go through the valley

And the shadow comes down from the hill

If morning never comes to be

Be still, be still, be still

If you forget the way to go

And lose where you came from

If no one is standing beside you

Be still and know I am

Be still and know that I'm with you

Be still and know I am

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.”

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Home to House – Broken Windows

Greetings Dear Reader,

I am trying so hard to keep out the pain and loss.  It is not working.  I cannot close off the windows that let me see out but protect me from the feelings as they are broken instead of open.  Part one of the last big push is today.

I am weary both physically and emotionally.  Although I am determined to do this in faith I am completely exhausted from battling the situation.  I find no peace in my pain.  I find no solace even in the sure knowledge that God knows what he is doing even when I do not.

There is no experience in my history of solitude working well for me.  That does not mean it cannot.  It does mean that I move on without the hope that experience would provide.  I can tell I am getting thread bare when I try to organize things.  This is the hardest trial of my willingness to walk in faith I have had in some time.

I will not run after things that glitter or offer false hope.  I will seek Christ and allow him to carry me when necessary.  My pain and fear must not rule any of my responses.  My faith must rule them all.

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.”

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Come as You Are – Be Still

Greetings Dear Reader,

I write, pray, read, and think best in the wee hours of the morning when most of my world still slumbers.  It is the quiet and lack of distractions that fuel me.  I hate solitude most of the time but in those hours I treasure it.  I find the stillness of everything else very revealing.

It is in these hours that I am the most thoughtful.  I am usually fresh from sleep so my head is clearer.  I pray more honestly.  I worship more fully.  I read more comprehensively.  It is in these times that I am the most still. 

This leads me to understand why we are to seek God early in the morning.  When I start my day in this way I am a better man throughout the day.  It is also I think why we are asked to be still and recognize God for who he is.  It is in the morning that I am most “as I am.” 

I come to God freshly awake and mostly naked of pretense.  As I my feet hit floor I give my life to him.  As I make my way down stairs a song of devotion makes its way through my head.  As I start the coffee I ponder what I need to work out for the morning to be prepared my attempt to be a reflection of Christ throughout the day.  As I make my way to my writing office I anticipate what my Bible reading and my devotional guide will have to teach me this morning.  In between these thoughts I pray for my family and friends.

It is in the still relative darkness of my home where I can be still.  In the morning when I am free to come to God completely as I am I find that I can expose my innermost self and feel safe.  No matter how I fell as the day begins it is in the stillness of Christ that I find the courage and strength for today’s part of the journey.  It is in that time that I truly believe that earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.  I think we will find what we need if we really learn to be still and listen.

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."  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)