I barely remember my wedding. And not because it was so long ago (only 19 years). I barely remembered anything about it just a month later because the day was a blur. In fact, the weeks leading up to it were also kind of a blur — a flurry of activity with many things to organize and prepare and consider and decide and manage.

And then it happened. Suddenly, I became a wife.

Next thing I knew, I was on my honeymoon with my shiny new husband. We chose a relaxing beach vacation to counteract the hecticness and stress we’d just survived. My husband just wanted to spend time relaxing and enjoying his shiny new wife.

But it took me a long time to figure out how to do nothing. Simply sitting on a beach chair watching the waves seemed impossible. I’d spent so much time and energy preparing to get married, but I didn’t actually know how to just be married.

I think this is often the way we treat God too. We get busy “serving” Him with church activities or volunteer gigs or fundraising events that we forget to just spend time with Him. We attend meetings, join committees, strive, fight, struggle, and work, thinking the busier we are, the more pleased God will be.

“Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.” (Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭10‬, ‭CSB‬‬)

There are certainly jobs God has for me and purposes He has planned for me to accomplish, but His number one priority for me is to simply sit at His feet and be with Him.

Dear God, thank you for the reminder that you prioritize my relationship with you over anything else I could possibly do for you. I know when I sit at your feet and contemplate who you are, I am filled with awe and joy. I can’t help but praise you.