Be still and know

Having finished my exercise session yesterday evening and before doing anything else, I opened the back door, sat on the step and listened to the birds. I was struck again by just how blessed I am to be living in this little house. It is all too easy to use the more limited time in the evenings after work for 'doing' rather than relaxing. As ML pointed out; to do lists are never finished as there will always be something to replace a task that you've completed, so you need to take the time to relax. It's something I'm not very good at and resolve to do better. So I sat for a while, listening to the birds. Being in a more rural location I hear varieties of song that I haven't heard before. The cats joined me too, Perde sitting at my feet lazily playing with a piece of twig and Oscar sat in amongst the remaining daffodils and gazed out at the rest of the garden (master of all he surveys!). I didn't think or pray about anything in particular I was just still. It reminds me again of the verse Be still and know that I am God, all too often we rush into the LORD's presence, perhaps aware that we haven't been there for awhile and we are eager to make amends, bring our requests, intercede for the nation but we would no doubt find that our time would be more fruitfully used if we were just still for awhile and took the time to breathe in before breathing out.