“Better a handful with quietness Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.” (Ecclesiastes 4:6 NKJV)
Christmas Holiday is over and down comes the many festive decorations. Things seem so plain and bland. Troubles seem to be looming throughout our nation and many parts of the world. Where are you Lord?
As I sat quietly after my litany of prayers for many I wondered if my prayers were a ritual of my voice with hopelessness for these mind boggling issues.
- Isaiah 30:15: “In quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
- Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.”
- 1 Peter 3:4: “Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit.”
- Proverbs 17:28: “Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise.”
I tried to follow a few Bibical guidelines for quietness as noted in these scriptures. When I opened my eyes and glanced down I saw my above photo of my pink talking phone holder. God’s promises were on display in Rainbow colors.
It’s been a few days and I’m back in my prayer space about many of the same world concerns. I added the concerns of this very highly predictable snow and ice storm that is giving warning of the biggest etc etc for years so be prepared.
I began to get a bit anxious with my added concern of snow and ice storms heaped on the list of growing concern in our nation of great divisions and dangers in our cities where immigration policies are screaming for calm,
I, opened my eyes and in almost disbelief my phone holder was talking again and had enlighten my pens to speak with glee and delight.
I see a picture of God’s beauty and holiness. Ezekiel 1:28: “Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.”
God with us. (Matthew 1:23)
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Sara, I think you have prophetically given ‘quiet’ a new meaning and shown the power of it in how you observed and interpreted your talking phone stand and all the related scriptures.
“God’s promises were on display in Rainbow colors.” This surely gives a sign of Hope in the midst of all the “world concerns” as well as the weather. As you wrote. “God with us. (Matthew 1:23)”.
These verses came to mind as I read and re-read all you wrote and thought about the power of “Quietness has a voice”; and the importance and impact of your pink talking phone stand.
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”
Psalm 19: 1-4
After reading this blog, and seeing the beautiful rainbow colors on the phone stand and cup/pens, I wanted to read again God’s promise from Genesis. I will share here from (NLT) Genesis 9: 12-17. “Then God said, ‘ I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all the creatures, for all generations to come. I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is a sign of my covenant with you and with all the Earth. When I send clouds over the Earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth. Then God said to Noah, ‘Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant. I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.” 🌈 God is still keeping His promises and He always will.🙏
God is still keeping His promises and He always will.