Circle of Quiet

How blessed the man you train, God,
    the woman you instruct in your Word,
Providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil,
    while a jail is being built for the wicked.

 Psalm 94: 12 & 13 ~ The Message version

 Oh, and that He has done! I am so very grateful to Him for leading me to this adventure of learning in the labyrinth. He continues to teach and guide my soul, like I never dreamed possible. But, beyond this labyrinth, He does so much more!

He encircles all of us ~ deep within our soul His Spirit, the Holy One, envelopes our soul in His care. There He reigns over our every moment, so in the midst of the clamour and chaos that is evil’s way, God’s still, quiet voice speaks His Peace over us. He has dominion. He knows our every step and tendency ~ He is the Circle of Quiet in every storm.

Envision a hurricane swirling around its center. Devastation all around, but the center of the storm is peaceful. It moves over the places that may have been leveled, but in the center, the eye, it is quiet. How we are with our life with the Lord. He brings Peace to every storm, quiets the ragings around us, IF we move with Him and allow ourselves to be centered by His grace.

Today, in the labyrinth, it looked like a storm had hit! Our version of “fall” in South Texas means all the sheaths “fall” off the bamboo! It seemed pretty chaotic and as I made a turn in the path, it was blocked with a new stalk. These were about my height two weeks ago, and now they are thirty feet or more! 

I could have squeezed through and followed the same path…come back later and cut it down…or? Do what Ruby did! You can see in the picture that she couldn’t fit thru, so she turned and went along the path by the fence…where there’s more light!!! Hello?!?! Just go to the straight, new path!

Oh life! Same ole, same ole. Pushing and prodding our way thru things, just ‘cuz “that is how it is”. BUT, maybe we’re soooo busy with our tunnel vision, that we miss a new path God has provided? We don’t always have to go thru the pain of removing something out of our lives, there is just another route.

Let’s face it, some things we think of as obstacles to overcome, were never meant to be overcome….they were meant to move us along, to divert us from a storm and keep us in His Circle of Quiet.

God will never walk away from his people, never desert his precious people. Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right.

Psalm 94: 14 & 15