Prowler on the Loose

I read something today that caught my attention. I had heard it many times before, but really just didn't know what to do with it. Or you could say that I didn't feel like it applied to me. Today I have changed my mind. I stand corrected.
According to 1 Peter 5:8 "[My]enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." So there is a prowler on the loose. And he is looking to devour me. Something that I find interesting- in the beginning of that verse- it says for me to "be self-controlled and alert". I have been none of these things lately. I have been so distracted with life that I have not been self-controlled, alert or anything but crazy. I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off most of the time. I don't know about you, but I feel like I am an easy target right about now. Because lions can smell blood and they gravitate towards it.
With my life being a 3 ring circus lately I have had no time for anything important (like God for starters). I do not really know where to go from here. All I know is that I need help. Please pray for me. I am in need and I don't really know how to help myself at this point. There is still things to be done, and I want them done, but I also feel the need to spend time with God. I am torn between the physical that needs to be done and the spiritual that is pressing, but not visible. They both are important, I just need to be able to make time to fill my spiritual needs then God will take care of the physical, right? He always has in the past. I just have to trust Him with the here and now.

Be Still And Know That I am God

This has been one crazy, hectic past month for me. I am glad June is finally over. I am looking forward to some new things and wanting to get settled. We just recently moved from a 3 bedroom Double Wide into our own stick built (from the ground up) 3 bedroom house. We are loving it. I am especially thankful to be out of the DW completely. It seemed like a long drawn out process. Through it all God has been there for us and taken great care of me and mine. These last 2 weeks I have heard several people saying things that all come back to Psalm 46:10. "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted in the nations I will be exalted in the earth." God has been calling me to be still. I don't know how many of you have problems with this like I do, but it is not always easy. It is quite the opposite. I learned today that I got this trait from my mom. She was a busy woman almost all the time. She did not know how to be still. I am not sure that I know how to do that also. I am trying though. I took the time the other morning to watch the birds and fish in the water at the park before work. It was a nice time. I have found that when I take time to be still and let God take care of things, the things I give to him seem to go more smoothly. Like our move. I was trying to coordinate it all and make sure that we had the people we needed to get it all done. My help was possibly unable to help me. God told me He would take care of it, and so I let Him do so. Whenever I tried to take control of things again, I just had to give it back to Him and let Him do what He does best. He took care of it all so much better than I could. Praise His Name. I guess I said all that to say this. Trust Him and let Him take care of it all. Cast your all your anxiety upon Him because He cares for you. I did and He does.