At Peace

It's late on Thursday evening (in fact, it's practically Friday morning) as I write this. Everyone else has gone to bed. The house is quiet. The world outside is dark. Everything is so still...

Except my mind is racing.

It's been a doozy of a week, with Monday's surprise announcement, a flurry of activity to begin the search for a new place for Hope to call home, finishing work on a message I'll deliver at Tres Dias in April (and will "preview" with the team this Saturday), meeting with a couple of folks and setting up more meetings for next week, prepping what we'll do at Hope this Sunday (I'm really excited!) and about a zillion little "to do" items.

Yet I'm sitting here feeling totally at peace. It's a really nice feeling! In the quiet loneliness of a dark and sleepy house, I'm reminded once again that even when we're blissfully dreaming away, God is still very much at work. He's patiently weaving together events in our lives and will reveal his plans at just the right time. And on the other side of this planet where the sun is shining right now, God is at work amidst the lives of millions and millions of people. He knows every single one of them, speaks their language, cares about their activities, and loves them more than any of us will ever know. It's really mind-boggling!

Sitting here tonight, I feel so very small. Yet I also feel so very significant. Father is all around me. He's here with me. He knows my thoughts. He sympathizes with my heart. I matter to him, and he has plans for me. I'm blown away by the sacred holiness of the quiet, and I'm worshiping in silence and awe.

"Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth." (Psalm 46:10)