Being Still, Falling Down, and Getting Up

I have been trying to do a lot of being still lately. We all have so many things we would like to do - things we feel that we need to do each day. But really, the only thing we truly NEED to do is just be still and know that God has a plan, and then try to do our part to help Him accomplish the plan He has for each of us.

Sometimes we get a little impatient waiting for that plan to emerge. I know I have my moments, and it is during those moments of impatience that I stumble, as we all do. We long for that peace that the Lord has promised His people - and by His people, I mean those who are striving in one way or another to be as He is, to follow His example.
A big part of being still is loving God, loving His Son, and doing our very best to live as They would have us live. Forget about trying to force His will or His peace. If we are obedient and patient, it will automatically happen, and that peace will come through His grace.
Bob Carlisle (I call him Butterfly Kisses Man :-) ) sings a beautiful song that I absolutely love, and it's about the longing for peace and the daily struggle to attain it.

Cursing every step of the way, he bore a heavy load
To the market ten miles away, the journey took its toll
And every day he passed a monastery's high cathedral walls
And it made his life seem meaningless and small

And he wondered how it would be to live in such a place
To be warm, well fed and at peace; to shut the world away

So when he saw a priest who walked, for once, beyond the iron gate
He said, "tell me of your life inside the place"

And the priest replied

We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
And the saints are just the sinners
Who fall down and get up