A Franks Fairytale: Required to be STILL!

As I've been home for the last few weeks my life has changed drastically! I have been learning how to be "still". If you know me at all you know that being "still" isn't exactly in my vocabulary. As life has had to slow down during the last few weeks I have learned so much! I discovered how much time I don't spend in silence with the Lord and how much time I do spend just "doing." There is nothing more powerful then sitting in silence with the Lord! As much as I have struggled not being able to attend every event within the last few weeks and being a part of everything I am used to, I have LOVED spending quiet time each day in prayer and just rocking this sweet baby and discovering the beauty of motherhood. In just a few weeks my world has been completely turned upside down. It has been an incredible blessing and I am so thankful for Sawyer...but I have definitely been stretched! I have learned and been challenged more in the last three weeks than in my entire life. I no longer live on my schedule and my plans...but I now share it with another person! Clay and I are reading a devotional book called "Jesus Calling" and on February 16th the daily devotion was exactly what I needed to hear. I have reread it over and over as I am learning to be still. This is what it says:

"Thank ME for the conditions that are requiring you to be still. Do not spoil these quiet hours by wishing them away, waiting impatiently to be active again. Some of the greatest works in My kingdom have been done from sick beds and prison cells. Instead of resenting the limitations of a weakened body, search for My way in the midst of these very circumstances. Limitations can be liberating when your strongest desire is living close to me. Quietness and trust enhance your awareness of My Presence with you. Do not despise these simple ways of serving Me. Although you feel cut off from the activity of the world, your quiet trust makes a powerful statement in spiritual realms. My Strength and Power show themselves most effective in weakness."

So thankful for sweet reminders like this! God is SO good and I am so blessed to be a mom to the most precious baby boy!