BE STILL

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.  Mother Teresa

Scripture

He makes wars cease

    to the ends of the earth.

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

    he burns the shields with fire.

 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth.”

 The Lord Almighty is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalms 46:9-11 NIV

Song

Be Still The Fray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtp-p7qFI2I

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 covers 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

Sentence Prayer

Father;

When the World tells us

We are what we do with

Our activity, acumen or achievement,

Let us learn

We are what we with our silence.

When the world tells us

We are what we do with

Our spending power, selling power, or our power of speech,

Let us learn

We are what we do with our silence.

When the world tells us

To drown the silent suffering of others

With indifference or noise,

Or to forget the art of stillness even in the storm,

Let us learn

We are what we do with our silence.

When the world tells us

To rush in where angels fear to tread,

Let us learn that angels listen first

Before they take a step

For the voice of God in the silence

Amen 

(The Pattern of our days worship in the Celtic tradition form the Iona Community Kathy Galloway Pg 96)