Day 24

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 
This is so difficult for humans to do: one be still, and let God be God. We busy ourselves constantly with things and often trouble and rarely get still and enjoy. I know because I’m one of the worst. I have a dear friend who reminds me every once in awhile that we are “human beings” not “human doings”. And yet we still try to stay busy. 

While taking a walk whether here in Spain or back home I spend a lot of time thinking and praying….it allows me to give order to things and begin to let things go…to give them over to God (a higher power, the universe if that is your preference). 

I tend to be a control freak. I like to solve problems and make things better for people at least what I think is better for them. But sometimes it is okay to just sit with the trouble, to struggle, to climb a mountain, walk a long way. It helps one to learn. It’s how babies learn to walk. And young people learn to cope. And the list goes on to where we learn to say that eternal goodbye. 

On this journey I have seen people who are old, disabled, fit, young, healthy, sick, happy, sad—all walking on a journey…no these people were not still because you can’t be still and make your way to Santiago but you can get still in your heart, soul, and mind and begin to listen in new ways as God speaks to you. 
“Be still and know that I am God.”
Buen Camino 

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