Be Still

The Healing Habit We Often Forget

We live in a world that rewards doing.

Doing more.

Achieving more.

Producing more.

Checking one more thing off the list.

Many of us have become so accustomed to staying busy that we rarely question it. We actually probably think it shows our strength and resilience.🤔

In fact, when we finally have a moment of stillness, it can feel uncomfortable.

I think I saw recently that this was a challenge on some platform; to sit for 10 minutes without doing anything and the videos were showing some really uncomfortable individuals.

So, we reach for our phones. We start another project. We look for something to do.

Anything, anything, but simply be.

Yet one of the most powerful invitations in Scripture is surprisingly simple:

"Be still and know that I am God."— Psalm 46:10

I've read those words many times over the years.

But lately, I've been sitting with them differently.

Because if I'm honest, being still isn't always easy.

Especially when life feels uncertain.

Especially when there are unanswered questions.

Especially when my mind wants to solve, fix, plan, and prepare.

But, stillness asks something different of us.

It asks us to trust.

It asks us to pause.

It asks us to stop striving long enough to remember that we don't have to carry everything ourselves.

And maybe that's why stillness can feel so challenging.

When we become quiet, we begin to hear what we've been drowning out with busyness.

Our exhaustion.

Our fears.

Our hopes.

Our need for rest.

Our need for God.

Stillness creates awareness.

And awareness is often where healing begins.

I've come to believe that stillness is one of the most overlooked healing habits we have.

Not because it fixes everything.

But because it creates space.

Space to breathe.

Space to listen.

Space to reconnect with ourselves.

Space to hear God's gentle whisper beneath the noise of everyday life.

The truth is, many of us don't need another productivity hack.

We don't need another item on our to-do list.

We need grace and space.

A few moments in the morning before reaching for our phones.

A quiet walk.

A cup of coffee enjoyed without multitasking.

A deep breath before reacting.

A pause before saying yes to something that drains us.

Have your heard me mention this before?💗

These may seem like small things.

But small things have a way of changing us.

As I've been creating Healing Habits, I've found myself reflecting on this lesson again and again.

My original plan was to offer it as a multi-week series.

But the more I sat with the idea of stillness, grace, and space, the more I realized I needed to practice what I teach.

So I've decided to simplify.

Rather than a series filled with multiple commitments, Healing Habits will be offered as one gentle, recorded workshop ~ a space to pause, reflect, and explore simple healing habits that support us, at our own time and, further, through every season of life.

Because sometimes we don't need more commitments.

We need less.

Less pressure.

Less rushing.

Less striving.

More breathing room.

More awareness.

More grace and space. (sigh) How would that feel?

And perhaps that's what "Be Still" has been teaching me all along.

Healing isn't always found in doing more.

Sometimes healing begins when we become still enough to hear what our hearts, our bodies, and our spirits have been trying to tell us.

And perhaps that's why Be Still isn't simply a verse.

It's an invitation.

An invitation to stop striving for a moment.

An invitation to trust.

An invitation to create a little more grace and space in our lives.

And maybe, just maybe, that's exactly what we need today. I know I do.

I would love to hear what helps you slow down and create stillness in your day. Please share with a comment below.💗