Be Still (30 Days of Gratitude)

Today I am thankful for God's promises in his words. For his comfort, his encouragement, and his covenants that he is who he says he is. I am thankful I can be still (even though it is hard for me to sit still) and know that he is God and that I am not. I am for poetry and words to express what can often feel inexpressible. I am grateful someone else, like David, chose to share his fears, doubts, his worries, his anxieties, his frustrations but always remembered that God is sovereign and God is good.

Psalm 46
God is our refuse and strength, 
a very present help in trouble. 
therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, 
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 
though its waters roar and foam, 
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. 
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, 
the holy habitation of the Most High. 
God is in the midst of her, she call not be moved; 
God will help where morning dawns. 
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter, 
he utters his voice, the earth melts. 
The Lord of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our fortress. 
Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; 
he burns the chariots with fire. 
"Be still, and know that I am God. 
I will be exalted among the nations, 
I will be exalted in the earth!" 
The lord of hosts is with us; 
the God of Jacob is our fortress.