Be Still My Soul

 





Be Still My Soul


As I was driving to choir practice yesterday, by good fortune I stopped at  a red light in front of a local church.  


Its bells were playing and the beautiful tones caught my ear.


“Be still my soul, the Lord is on thy side.”


A calming peace washed over me and the Spirit quietly testified of the truth.


God is on our side.  A gentle but profound reminder. 


I can learn to live with increasing peace no matter what is happening around and to me.


I can learn to not just pause for a moment, but to embrace that tranquil reassurance day in and day out. 


Elder Ricardo P Giménez shared his love for that same hymn along with this prophetic promise. “As we face the storms of life, I know that if we make our best effort and rely upon Jesus Christ and His Atonement as our refuge, we will be blessed with the relief, comfort, strength, temperance, and peace that we are seeking, with certainty in our hearts that at the end of our time here on earth, we will hear the words of the Master: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: … enter thou into the joy of thy lord”.


Be still my soul.  


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