Still, My Soul Be Still

    Sometimes, things don't go the way you'd like them to go. No matter how hard you try, or pray, or plead. It just doesn't work. And sometimes, we just need to let it go. Lots of times we completely understand why some things don't work out. We really do. But...it's just not fair.

    This semester, there have been so many things that the Lord has been teaching me. He is shaping me and molding me so much that it is hard sometimes! Job 23:10 says, "But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come out as gold." God is going to continue to refine me and shape me. It will go on until I die. I need to be still, and listen to Him.

     At school every single night, (Sunday and Wednesday nights we do personal room devos), my room gets together with two other room to have prayer group. We can do whatever we want in our group devo time. I seriously have the best prayer group ever. All 8 of us girls have become so close these past few months while at school. We have been able to share prayers, concerns, praises, testimonies, and some of us have even shed a few tears. I am so blessed to have those girls in my prayer group. Last night, we were in one of the girl's rooms for prayer group, and she had us share one of our favorite hymns. Before coming to BJU, I knew alot of hymns, but until you go to BJ, you only think you know alot of hymns! I have learned so many new songs while I have been here. It has been such an incredible blessing! The song that has been on of my favorite's for quite a while now is the hymn "Still, My Soul Be Still." Here are the words, and I hope they bless you as they bless me.

    Still, my soul be still, and do not fear, though winds of change may rage tomorrow,
God, is at your side, no longer dread, the fires of unexpected sorrow.

God, You are my God, and I will trust in your and not, be shaken,
Lord, of peace renew, a steadfast Spirit within me, to rest, in You alone.

Still, my soul be still, do not be moved, by lesser light and fleeting shadows,
Hold, onto His ways, with shield of faith, against temptations flaming arrows.


God, You are my God, and I will trust in your and not, be shaken.
Lord, of peace renew, a steadfast Spirit within me, to rest, in You alone.

Still, my soul be still, do not forsake, the Truth you learned in the beginning,
Wait, upon the Lord, and hope will rise, as stars appear when day is dimming.


God, You are my God, and I will trust in your and not, be shaken.
Lord, of peace renew, a steadfast Spirit within me, to rest, in You alone.

By Keith and Kristyn Getty