be_still_and_know #18

he listened to the words he was given. "be still and know." and as much as he wanted to keep going. as much as he wanted to fight. he accepted. he surrendered. he stood still. he stood still one last time. while he might not understand. he knows. he knows that he was once nothing and was later given everything. he stood still not because he understood. but because he was commanded to. and he knew. that the words came not from him but from He. He who spoke and then there was. He that is all there is, was, and ever is to be. when He speaks. he listens