An old wooden swing in the shade

It isn't very often that I sit and do absolutely nothing. 

We moved our old wooden swing last weekend to the shade of a Drake elm in our backyard. When he built the swing we wanted it under a shade tree. When he planted the Drake elm we wanted shade. Guess what....

So I sit in the shade with an occasional breeze passing over me and I hear the birds and the quiet. All three kids are enjoying someone else's house at the moment and the builder of swing and planter of tree is off doing his preparations for hunting season already. So I sit alone. Ah!  Quiet. No beckoning mama!!

What does one do who doesn't sit still and quiet very often?  There is always something to read or wash or put away or repair.  Can I really sit here and be still for at least a little while?

Yes, I will sit here. But I can't help but think of those that have given time, blood and even life to allow me this freedom. I consider the Creator that gave the assurance of rest. I consider my Savior that gave me Himself. I will be still and know Him. 

And when it is time to get up and get moving again, I will be thankful for this time. I will be thankful that during this time there were no worries or fears. 

Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?29 And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.