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When life starts to get crazy, sometimes we dart between one task and the\nnext. When you get toward the end of the school year and there is a lot you\nneed to accomplish, or when you\u2019re at work and your shift is about to be\ndone but you haven\u2019t finished everything you need to, you might get\nstressed and start running around. In trying to complete things more\nquickly than you usually do, sometimes you end up making messes.\nWhen we are stressed, we tend to get anxious and start moving faster. We\ntry to fix things and get work done. The last thing we want to do is be\nstill and let God move. But it can be helpful to remember that there are\ntimes in the Bible when God asks us to be still and let Him work. A good\nexample is when the Israelites were leaving Egypt, and Pharaoh\u2019s army came\nafter them. The people were terrified and cried out to God. Then Moses\nsaid, The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still (Exodus\n14:14). Then God parted the Red Sea, and the people walked through on dry\nground.\nIt can be difficult to be still, no matter what we are facing. But God is\nwith us through it all. As we turn to Him, He reminds us that He loves us\nand He is powerful (Psalm 62:11-12). Even when life gets busy, we can take\na moment to be still with God and rest in His peace. And, once we\u2019ve put\nour trust in Jesus, we have the Holy\nSpirit living inside us, guiding us and helping us discern when it\u2019s time\nto act (and how to act) and when it\u2019s time to rEsther \nSometimes, God invites us to let go of a situation and trust Him to take\ncare of things. It can be hard to believe that God will actually work\nthings out and He doesn\u2019t really need our help to do it. But, then again,\nHe is God. The same God who parted the Red Sea.\nThe next time you feel stressed, instead of running around and pushing\nyourself too hard, why not take a breath and ask God for help? \xe2\xa6 Emily Acker\n\xe2\xa6 What do you tend to do when life gets crazy? How might God be inviting\nyou to be still in these times?\nHe says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the\nnations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 (NIV)\n\xa0\nRead Verses:\nPsalm 46:10; Psalm 62:5-Psalm 62:12