So, being still was/still is an issue for me. NOW, I've transferred my "inability to be still" towards anything that requires a lot of concentration. (Teachers, yes, I would/should still be on some type of A.D.D. meds! ) . I love to read tho! And can stay focused on a book until I drop over in sleep. T.V.? not so much, unless it's something I'm really enjoying. Going to a movie? Hate to. Balance my account? Drudgery. Parties? Something I'd rather skip. I'd much rather go to lunch with one friend. But, give me a good book, by the ocean (lake , in my case, most days) and sit me in the sun. Or porch swing. I can BE STILL then. Hallelujah! ......But, what if the weather is wack-o and there's not a good book? And I need to do a little Bible Study???? Ok., some days, or rather MOST days, I feel like little skinny Janice in First Grade again. I am too antsy to settle down. SO, what I do is this----I find a study of some sort that appeals to me!....**WARNING: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK HERE :Here is another funny about me and reading and BIG T and reading. (that is probably a compound sentence but, sorry. I don't remember that stuff. English teachers reading? Be gentle with me). ...Terry loves deep and serious readings about the Bible. Books 40 inches thick using words I don't understand. He gets those books. He understands those somewhat antiquated phrases of speech (no offense those incredible works, just my understanding of them)--many written many years ago, regarding: the life of Christ. or Discipleship. Or deciphering Scripture. He gets that big stuff. ME? A.D.D. person that I am, I am more in tune with doing workbooks that make me get out of my comfort zone (even tho most times I stay in my comfort place)/ Christian books that have a witty but still sharp edge/ books that give me details (which I love) about Jesus/ books that whet my appetite for more but that cause me to change. Even if it's a teensy change. Terry and I laugh b/c I am always about the JOY and he's always about the Judgement. But, he's my "ying" to my "yang". He is serious and I'm winsome. But it's not always that way-- Most times, tho, yes it is. I will scour the aisles in Christian book stores for those very kinds of works. And there are lots of them! And I want to write some!!!! ( *sigh. one day.)**
.So, when I FINALLY get still (and you're thinking, reader, she's so A.D.D. she can't keep her BLOG on track! I know you're thinking that!)-- but, stay with my un-still mind for a minute!!!! When I DO sit still, I do love to sit on the swing and go into it. Dive right down into the words and words that still make me cringe today: BE STILL. And , guess what?
I think I'm a good kids Sunday School teacher b/c I understand where most of their little brains are. (no comments from the "peanut gallery"!)! They are still at an age (3-5th grade) where, even an hour of sitting still in Sunday School could be torture. I keep them active but making them think and then----we sit still. Katie gave me some "picture cards" that were used in her Small Group and suggested I use them. You look at the picture (they are printed on cards sort of like post cards---of all KINDS of scenes/people/places etc) and there are questions that you ask as you show the picture. (I made my questions up for them). The kids LOVE these!!!!!!! As they look and stare at and think about the image on the card (thus, being still) then they write down what the picture says to them, and share their thoughts. I am amazed at their imagination and Christian understanding. As I watch their faces as they stare at the picture cards and make them be still while looking at it, for even a micro-second, I can see they are learning to do what the scripture I started with. "The Lord will fight for you , you need only to be still".
Be Still. He will fight for you.
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