Earlier in my life, whenever life's stresses built inside me, I took to the trail, running. I wasn't particularly good at it, and I ran in solitude, shying away from competition and statistics, but when I ran, I became quiet. For the moment, at least.

"...you need only be still."

Until a heart condition sidelined me. At only 29, I started passing out whenever I ran, and a heart condition was discovered. 5 years and 7 procedures later, my heart simply could not keep up with the pace of running. I had survived, but I wondered how I could live with it. How could I manage the stresses of life without a way to quiet myself?

And then, it hit me: God was asking me to meet him in the stillness. "I will fight for you; you need only to be still." I didn't have to run. I don't have to fight the battles of life alone. I have the creator of the universe on my side, and He just needs me to wait on him in stillness. To trust him with those times life has me feeling unsettled.

It isn't easy to be still in today's fast-paced world, but the discipline of taking a moment on the side line has proven to be just the cure for my weary soul our supreme physician ordered.