{"id":447,"date":"2020-04-30T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/?p=447"},"modified":"2020-05-19T10:42:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:42:30","slug":"be-still-and-know-i-am-god-psalms-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/be-still-and-know-i-am-god-psalms-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Be still and know I am God &#8211; Psalms 46"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Joanne Wallace, Pastoral Associate (St. Marie\u2019s &amp; St. Bernadette\u2019s and St. Teresa\u2019s, Upholland)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At some point, we have all complained that life is too hectic, too busy, too demanding and emotionally and physically exhausting.&nbsp; Balancing families, jobs and other responsibilities \u2013 well, sometimes it is all a bit too much.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all adjust to the new pace of life that COVID-19 has brought upon us, we can hopefully now take time to pause.&nbsp; God is speaking to us through these times and we just&nbsp;have to&nbsp;listen.&nbsp; I go out walking with the family each day and it struck me how beautifully quiet places are during this time. The piece of scripture that came to mind was simply, \u201cBe still and know that I am God\u201d.&nbsp; Yes, times can be scary, but God has got this.&nbsp; All will be well. Just listen to what God is saying to your heart\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Be still and know I am God\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cb1LAlzw1CA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastoral Associate, Joanne Wallace, reflects on a walk with her family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,16],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-resources","category-god-in-our-time","category-reflection","tag-spirituality-in-the-home"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Be-Still-and-know-I-am-God.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegodwhospeaks2020.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}