Being still

Being a wife and a mom to 3, rarely do I have time to be still. Yet, it is something that I am commanded to do. This evening, I seized that opportunity.  As  I type this, my 2 sons and  husband are riding their bikes up in the driveway after a trip around the neighborhood and my little one is sleeping in her crib.  The chaos and busyness of the evening is about to begin, but Oh, those few precious moments of being still; Sitting on the front porch at sunset, hearing the humming of the air conditioner, the songs of birds, the hoot of the owl that lives in our backyard tree and the chirping of the crickets.  The sky is lined with clouds  of oranges and yellows. The bricks on the porch are warm after soaking in the sun all day yet there is a slight coolness in the air.   All this wonder and beauty is here; whether I choose to be still and enjoy its majesty or not. Day after day, moment after moment, creation sings. And in those moments that I choose to be still, it is then that I know that He is God!