BE STILL ME SOUL Hymn #124

Week 2: Be Still My Soul

1. Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;

With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.

Leave to thy God to order and provide;

In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav'nly Friend

Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2. Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake

To guide the future as he has the past.

Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;

All now mysterious shall be bright at last.

Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know

His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

3. Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning on

When we shall be forever with the Lord,

When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,

Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.

Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

Text: Katharina von Schlegel, b. 1697;
trans. by Jane Borthwick, 1813-1897

As I was thinking of what song to choose this week, I opened up my scriptures and found this;
D & C 101:16 Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine ^ahands; be still and ^bknow that I am God.

I looked up the phrase Trusting God and found this talk:

The Lord Thy God Will Hold Thy Hand  Elder W. Craig Zwick , Of the Seventy

"If we will … walk hand in hand with Him in His paths, we will go forward with faith and never feel alone.

In the eyes and hearts of many people in the world today, there is evidence of doubt, fear, and hopelessness. Much of the insecurity in the world has filtered into our homes and personal lives. No matter what our age or circumstance, we all have a need to know that we have power in the present and hope in the future.

Listen to the words of Mormon: “Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power?” (Morm. 5:23).

Hands are one of the symbolically expressive parts of the body. In Hebrew, yad, the most common word for “hand,” is also used metaphorically to mean power, strength, might (see William Wilson, Old Testament Word Studies [1978], 205). Thus, hands signify power and strength.

...Elder Scott has recently counseled: “Trust in God … no matter how challenging the circumstance. … Your peace of mind, your assurance of answers to vexing problems, your ultimate joy depend upon your trust in Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ” (“The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2003, 76, 78).

How do we learn to trust? How do we learn to extend our hand and connect to the comfort provided by the Lord?

Clear instruction came from the Lord to Joseph Smith: “Learn of me, and listen to my words; walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me. … Pray always, and I will pour out my Spirit upon you” (D&C 19:23, 38).

Here are four keys:

• Learn

• Listen

• Seek the Spirit

• Pray always

The Lord will provide sustenance and support if we are willing to open the door and receive His hand of divine assistance."

I have to say I believe this week's blog was inspired, I needed to be reminded that GOD is in charge if I follow steps to follow him.

As I searched for a video I ran across this version of the song. I was instantly overcome with the spirit.

Tears started flowing freely from my eyes and all the heartache and worry poured out.

I think I have been a constant ball of worry as of late.

I have forgotten, as I am sure we all do the hand of the Lord is in it all! I mean ALL!

I am guilty of this, I am sure more then most, where times are so hard I don't want to pray...let me explain.

When I pray I have a soft heart and I begin to feel soft and vulnerable, I don't like that feeling so I stop asking for help for the thing that pains me or worries the most and I push deep down and hide it.

Hoping it will just fade away;  ironically, it doesn't work! If I would keep praying more fervently I'd feel vulnerable, then soft hearted, then peace would fill that very void. I don't know why I forget.

This doesn't work for long, after a while I am then doing things alone and feeling very alone.

I keep worrying and hoping and waiting, and start to feel so overwhelmed.

Then I finally let go of my pride and remember that GOD is my Father and loves me and wants me to seek his help. Then I am reminded that he has and will take care of me.

I can't pick out one phrase that speaks to me in this song. Every word has opened my heart today.

He will provide, he always has. He will guide my future, as he has my past. I spend so much time worrying about things that are really truly important to me now, money, time, food, and my children.

But while I worry about these things why can't I just say BE STILL MY SOUL, God loves you and is watching you? He will be there, He is there! BE STILL MY SOUL! Just pray and know that he is there.

HOW DO I TURN FAITH INTO KNOWING THAT HE IS GOD?

The thing is I believe, I know, I just need to be reminded.

To be reminded of something I have to have already known it.

This week's message....be still and know that I am God!