Quiet My Heart

 Lord, please quiet my heart so I can hear your voice. 
As I look up into a sky that is gray with brewing storms, I realize it mirrors the chaos of my heart.

Forget about the battle. You're with Me. Rest, Beloved. Be still and rest. 

You have shown me many troubles and distresses.

So you will grow...

Yes. Sometimes it makes me tired, though. You have done great things, are even now doing great things. You are my strong refuge. 

You have everything you need, Princess. Everything. Blessing upon blessing. Peace upon peace. Love upon love. 

Your love refreshes me. You have taught my feet to dance in the disappointment. 

I like it when your heart bursts with love for Me and you dance.

Me, too. You are my joy. You love me.

I love you. I love you with an everlasting love.  

When I'm here, like this, I feel Your love in my inmost heart. It seems almost tangible. 

Because you're still. No inefficient thoughts swirling around a center of worries now. 
I calmed them. 

It's Your voice that calms me. Your hands are gentle. 

My hands are full of scars. See this one? A carpenter's workshop accident. Stacked my blocks too high. 

You were a boy, playing with blocks. What's this one?

Fish hook. See this one? It's from the cross. And this one?

That one's mine. You carved my name in Your palm when you adopted me. 

Just rest, Princess. I created gray skies and storms. I can see through the swirling chaos.  

Peace. Be still. 

Yes, Princess. Peace. Be still.