Being Still

July 14

     Another Saturday gone by…meaning another full week gone by, this being my third. It’s hard to believe that I’ve already been here that long. Our routine was a bit different this morning though. Instead of me teaching class, we had sign language class with Beverly. She taught us expressions of time; it was fun to learn. I’ve been wanting to learn sign language for quite some time now, so I was pretty excited. Beverly’s a great teacher and she has such a loving heart. I was really blessed and encouraged by her for the short time that she was here. She inspired me to maybe try teaching Karen how to write or spell out words. I wonder if she would be open to it, but I’m willing to give it a try. The more I think about the possibilities, the more excited I get. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for the opportunity to do so.

     After lunch I spent some time catching up on blog posts. I managed to finish 5 more today! Yipeee!! In some sense I’m actually glad that I fell behind because now that I am having to catch up, I actually get to reflect on a lot of things that have happened and it’s even encouraging because I get to see the growth in relationships and how God is continually faithful.

     When all of that was taken care of, I went to Gracie’s “tranquility spot” and had some quite time…doing absolutely nothing but sitting still for a whole hour. Once upon a time, that would have driven me nuts! But I’m getting a lot better at slowing down and just learning to be still in the Lord’s presence. I used to get really anxious when I had to sit still like that for a long time, and I still do sometimes, but I’m starting to realize that there’s so much freedom when you learn to cast your burdens unto the Lord; let’s face it, He can certainly handle them way better than I can.

     The rest of the night was pretty low key, but I’m always thankful for each day the Lord so faithfully sees us through.