As the sun slumbers giving the moon and stars their turn to keep watch, stillness hushes the night, putting to sleep the day we just lived. The twenty-four hours present is now a page written in the past. Those waters turbulent hours ago are now calm and the quiet of the night is whispering, “Be still.”
We all need rest.
Rest from our weariness.
Rest from our circumstances.
Rest for strength for another day.
Rest to hope again.
Night pulls back the curtains to the skies undeniable brilliance, reflecting its face from the mirrors of the waters below.
In the midnight hour, calm and quiet wrap their arms around you and peace settles as dew on the morning grass.
The One who set creation’s stage gently taps your shoulder and speaks,
“Be still, and know that I am God…”
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
He is God, the one who separated night from day, spoke the sun and moon into place and named every star in the sky.
He is God as far as eyes can see. We are witnesses to His signature left behind in nature’s intricate details.
He is God and ever present among us. We’re never alone in the rough waters of day. We have company in the stillness of night.
He is God.
No matter the storms,
…He’ll calm you with his love…Zephaniah 3:17 (MSG)
As quickly as day kissed the cheek of evening goodnight, the break of dawn will give birth to morning. You’ll hear the cry of another twenty-four hours being born at sunrise, another opportunity to see God in the face of a new day, to experience Him in the Stillness, no matter the hour.
A NEW DAY RISING
Lori A Alicea
A new day rises with the sun,
In Stillness might I see?
Attention paid to unseen blooms,
Much more He cares for me.
He clothes the grass and flowers all,
He tends my garden too.
His hand is near, he tends my heart,
Like spring, each day is new.
“If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don’t you think he’ll attend to you… Matthew 6:30 MSG