Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Monday Meditations. To start the week off right,

the phrase we're going to be meditating on is being still. This episode is something that I think

all of us need to hear, especially myself. And you know the times where you're just laying in bed

and you're staring up at the ceiling in the dark and you're just like totally overwhelmed with life.

This episode's for you.

This episode is also for people who are just handling so many different things at once

and you're just constantly pacing the kitchen, whether you're on the phone or not.

Or if you're locking yourself in the bathroom because you just need a second to just

hide your tears, this episode is for you. Because if your soul feels afraid, or if your mind has

become a total battlefield of overthinking, and if you feel like joy is more something that you

remember than you experience anymore, I just want you to take a pause.

And I want to talk to you about something that's really sacred.

Something that your soul actually aches for, but that the world won't even mark it to you.

And it's something that Jesus modeled before he was crucified and something the early church even learned to cherish in caves and catacombs.

But what I'm talking about is a holy habit of creating solitude, silence, and prayer.

Because when the world shakes, I want you to step away with God.

There's a lot of stuff that's going on right now to make the world shake.

But let me just say this very clearly.

Business is not always obedience.

And noise is not always necessary.

And filling every silence does not mean that you're full. And some of you are probably wondering why you feel spiritually dry and mentally exhausted and even emotionally

reactive. And the answer is not because you're doing something wrong and maybe because you

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