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There are those who believe that "seeking the [[stillness]]" means I must "sit," every day, in "this" easy chair, and close my eyes and be still. And for many, this works.
There are those who believe that "seeking the [[stillness]]" means I must "sit," every day, in "this" easy chair, and close my eyes and be still. And for many, this works.
Are there any here, for whom this does not work? When this does not serve you, due to time constraints or the [[chaos]] within your own [[minds]], let me give you, perhaps, a different [[direction]], a different [[idea]] that you might take on within the construct of your own day: Do you speak to [[the Father]] within your own minds throughout your day? What do you tell Him? Do you [[share]] with Him the delights that fill your lives? The [[joys]] that you behold? The [[inspiration]] that you may gain through a [[movie]], a [[book]], or simply in looking on one of His [[sunsets]], or within the eyes of one of His children? Those are, in [[essence]], "mini-stillness’," although perhaps, they are not so still. You play a more [[interactive]] role in that kind of stillness, in that kind of [[worship]].
Are there any here, for whom this does not work? When this does not serve you, due to time constraints or the [[chaos]] within your own [[minds]], let me give you, perhaps, a different [[direction]], a different [[idea]] that you might take on within the construct of your own day: Do you speak to [[the Father]] within your own minds throughout your day? What do you tell Him? Do you [[share]] with Him the delights that fill your lives? The [[joys]] that you behold? The [[inspiration]] that you may gain through a [[movie]], a [[book]], or simply in looking on one of His [[sunset]]s, or within the eyes of one of His children? Those are, in [[essence]], "mini-stillness’," although perhaps, they are not so still. You play a more [[interactive]] role in that kind of stillness, in that kind of [[worship]].
But during those times, let us say that you are sitting at the riverside and [[listening]] to the tumbling water, watching the birds, the butterflies, looking at the flowers; and it’s [[sunset]], and as you watch, the [[sky]] becomes a beautiful [[panoramic]] of color—purples, mauve, orange, yellow, blue, green even sometimes—and you are uplifted by the sound and the [[sights]] that He’s given you. Surely, an [[inspiring]] sight! Most, if not all of you, have spent time with Him like this, and are uplifted and inspired by the peace and the beauty that you behold. Do you [[share]] your feeling with Him then?
===='''''[[Sharing]]'''''====
===='''''[[Sharing]]'''''====
This one was given an [[analogy]] a number of years ago, about why it is important to share with [[the Father]], these special times, these special [[moments]]; not just our sorrows, not just our [[challenges]], in these times we seek His understanding, we seek His support, and His love. But in the periods when you are not being bombarded with the onslaught of challenges, when you are given that space in time to take a mental, emotional time-out, and fill yourselves with His [[inspiration]].
This one was given an [[analogy]] a number of years ago, about why it is important to share with [[the Father]], these special times, these special [[moments]]; not just our sorrows, not just our [[challenges]], in these times we seek His understanding, we seek His support, and His love. But in the periods when you are not being bombarded with the onslaught of challenges, when you are given that space in time to take a mental, emotional time-out, and fill yourselves with His [[inspiration]].
