Be Still And Know

Hebrews 10:35-36 NLT  'So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.' There was a time in my life when I used to react to the repetitive nature of life that returned unchanged each morning I woke. All I could see was sameness. I slowly came to recognise, however, that my depressed nature had little to do with my repetitive life. It was the way I chose to frame my daily routine. There are demands life places upon each one of us, and responsibilities, many of which are self-inflicted. I had a mortgage to service, yet I chose to buy a house. I needed work and I had said yes to the job offer. I was failing to see through the prism of my faith in God, again something I’d chosen to embrace.  Much of life is simply “patient endurance”: proving steadfast in the face of difficulties. My difficulties were all within. God gives me my life an