Be Still

Quiet
   quiet
         quiet my soul

like a child at rest
      like a child at rest.

Soft as a snowflake
     peace descends
          and comes to rest
          deep within me.

And in the stillness
     you embrace me
And in the silence,
I hear your voice…

“Be still
   be still
        and know that I am God.”

Life is uncertain;
    humbly I place
All my trust in you
     All my trust in you.

Watching
     waiting
          clinging to you
My source of hope
           my salvation.

Your loving grace fills up
     my emptiness.
Safe in your presence,
     I hear your voice:

“Be still
   be still
        and know that I am God.”

Quiet
   quiet
         quiet my soul

like a child at rest
      like a child at rest.

(© 2007 Kathleen M. Basi)