Be Still

I am on vacation now and my niece is with me. She is only six, but she says she's 19. We have been staying with my grandparents at their house. The first night there we shared the guest bed and she sleeps like a fish! She cannot lay still at all. It doesn't help that I am an extremely light sleeper either. I woke up and her little feet were in my face. I woke up again and she thought I was her pillow. Then she woke me up when she completely just fell off of the bed. I couldn't help but laugh, because she didn't realize what she was doing. So, I threw some pillows on the floor just in case she fell off again. She also talks in her sleep. It's that "disoriented, doesn't make a bit of sense" talk. So, the next night I made her a bed on the floor thinking that would be safer for her. Guess what? All night she kept banging into the bed and the dresser. I thought she was going to knock herself out! She doesn't seem to realize that she is doing it, but it scares me every time. So, I haven't slept a whole night through, because I am worried that she is going to hurt herself. I asked her this morning if she was sore and she just giggled and said "NOOO". I told her she was probably going to have bruises all over her and she asked why. I laughed and told her "because you, little fish, don't know how to sleep."
That's how it is a lot of times with Christians. Unawares we flip and flop through life. Sometimes we end up falling flat on our face. God has to be watching us thinking "why can't they be still?" "Be still and know that I am God." It is extremely hard for us to do nothing but be still. God puts us in a place that is safer for us and we still fight being still. We come to Him in prayer and struggle with all the "right words to say" and He has to be looking at us thinking "what are they doing?" Stop worrying, stop trying to do everything, just stop and be still. You are going to wear yourself out. Spend some time resting with God today, He will take care of you and your needs.