Quiet Time

I was thinking the other day about when our children were little, I would have them lay down each afternoon from 1-2:30pm. When they were very young it was nap time. As they grew older it became quiet time. They needed this hour and a half each day to settle down, regroup, and rest. Naturally they balked about having to do this until they reached a certain age. Then they couldn't wait! It meant uninterrupted reading time, or just playing with a toy without little brother wanting it. 

Come February, we will only have one child living at home, and he is almost an adult. In fact, he will be in March. You would think that leaves plenty of 'quiet' in the home, and it does to a certain extent. But the quiet I am talking about is different. It's intentional, which was my One Word for 2014. While I failed miserably many times and should have been more intentional in my words, writing, and worship, I feel like just having chosen the word made me more aware that I needed to be intentional about these things. So in that respect, it was a success.

As 2015 begins, my one determination this year is going to be a daily quiet time with a nice cup of tea. I want to find rest in the Lord as found in Psalm 131:1-3:

O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.

O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

 I just love that picture of a child resting against its mother. I remember doing this with my mom. I felt safe, protected, and shielded from harm but most of all I felt loved. My own children did this many times and I know the contentedness I felt when they did. Imagine how our Father in Heaven must feel when our soul rests in Him!

I want to make sure I take time each day to absorb the stillness of a moment; to compose myself and rest in quiet peacefulness. 

I wasn't even going to choose a word this year but it just came to me while writing this post; quiet-like. :)

Soooo.... 

My One Word for 2015 is Quiet.

How about you? Do you have a daily quiet time? If so, what do you do; read, nap, or something else?