Psalm 46:10

Good Friday!
To all who are reading this, Betty is really sick and needs prayers. Thanks!
Today when I was thinking about what to blog I thought of a time when we lived in Europe and we went with other staff members to celebrate Thanksgiving in Hungary. That story is for another blog.
When we were traveling home, we had to go through the Hungarian/Slovakia border. When we got to the Slovakia side, we suddenly quit talking. None of of said it was time to be quiet, but watching the guards we just knew that this wasn't going to be a pleasant border crossing.
The regular guards were really nervous and a big whig came out of the office and approached our vehicle. He wanted to know who we were and were we carrying any contraband; cigarettes and liquor were forbidden. Of course we didn't have any.
This guy was real scary and even though one couple spoke Slovak, we didn't let on, just gave him our passports. He checked our luggage area and found nothing bad. He had told us that he didn't speak English, but when he gave us back our passports, to told us in English to go away, to travel on. We did.
There were five of us in the van and none of us said anything until we were quite aways from the border. They have microphones that can pick up stuff for many meters. When we finally were far enough away we started sharing our thoughts about what we'd experienced. We all felt like the area was full of demons and was so black.
The verse I want to share is one that's helped me many times when troubles or trials come. Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Many quote the first part of that verse, but I like the whole thing.
That night we were still and God saw us through a difficult crossing. He protected because we easily could have been thrown in jail, even though we didn't do anything wrong. Communism isn't dead in Europe.
When you're troubled or in trouble do you quote Bible verses to comfort yourself? Do you grab your Bible and read the Psalms or a favorite verse? When we are still, and know that He is God, we have all that we need to carry us through difficult times in our life.
God is Sovereign and He knows everything you're going through and He will provide, just 'be still' and let God be God.

Being Still,
Sandy