SELAH!

...pausing and reflecting

I found Rali; a Christian rapper one random day of discovering new artists on Spotify. No, actually I stumbled on his song ‘Selah’.

I didn't exactly know the meaning of the word ‘Selah' while growing up but I always remembered it to be an interjection in the Psalms usually at the end of a Psalm or at the end of a verse. I never really knew what it meant until a teacher of mine explained it in secondary school.

Selah…think about it, pause and reflect on it, meditate on it. Suddenly I realized that I had rushed through the times the ‘Psalms’ of my life had a ‘Selah' interjection. I never paused to reflect or think about what had just happened, I just zoomed off to the next ‘verse’.

‘…I am that I am had spoken, Selah’

Now in my early twenties that I find troubling but I am slowly navigating, I find myself becoming aware of the ‘Selah' parts of my journey and this piece is what you can call an awareness or a campaign to become conscious of our ‘Selah' moments.

I am pretty sure that God planted this idea in my head as I stumbled on another song from Rali,I suddenly felt this judge to listen to ‘Selah' and as I plugged my ears and mind to this song for probably the twentieth time in two weeks, I heard the title of this piece loud and clear. I reached out to write whatever it meant in my Bible study notes which I immediately swapped for my newsletter manuscript- a personal book where I handwrite my newsletters before publishing them here…shhh! Don't tell anyone that I still do handwritten notes 😂 and I found myself piecing this newsletter together. A clear sign that this piece is for someone.

Life is chaotic and the rest we find seems more like labour than rest, that's why we have to pause and reflect every now and then.

“How can I identify my ‘Selah’ moments?” A huge question with a simple answer; ‘a still small voice’ let silence engulf you and listen for God's voice.

‘…revelation obliterating the noise.’

The Spirit of God is available to every child of God and God wants us to put it ears down for His spirit; a still small voice.

“But I don't think I know God.” Knowing and finding God is a choice to be made and it is tied to one's belief in Jesus Christ; in His death and resurrection.

Am I preaching? Yes I am. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you not as the world gives”. God bless you. Selah.

Till next time,

The Deepsea Writer.🤍

P.S. Here's Rali’s Selah for you to enjoy. I'd not hoard good sounds 😂😊❤️