No, the tree is not upside-down, as I thought. Ben said that it is the ground cover at the base of the tree. And not in my yard. You think I could actually have lushness like this? No, this is our neighbor's amazing garden, as are most of the blog pictures.

What a still place this is. If only my heart would look like this. If only I could listen when God speaks like the Psalmist encourages me to do. Psalm 62: For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Quietness is possible, if difficult, in our rat-racing lives. God calls us to stillness. He calls us to listen. If prayer is going to be a true relationship with our Maker and Savior, then not only ought I to speak my requests that God will surely hear, but I need to hear God speak into my life.

How do I do that? Stillness before Him: sitting with my Bible open on my lap, really listening to what He is saying. Humility before Him: not assuming that my words of concern and need are more important than His words of comfort and teaching. Desire: wanting, really wanting, to see His glory and know His ways.

And, as we behold, really see, His glory in His Word and world, we become more like Him "from one degree of glory to another." Oh, let us sit before Him until we see it. "For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." (2 Corinthians 3:18)