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Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

''These Three Things''

When you only have a few minutes, what do you take time to do??


Make a quick call
Read an article
Grab a bite to eat
Text a friend
Or if you are a mom,
you use the bathroom, 'all by yourself',
and consider it a treat!!
Men often find themselves on a golf course.

I am sure your list may consider other options,
but I think all of these activities tell me something about ourselves..

We each have a built-in need to be alone in silence at times
and we each have the need to reach out to someone.
We long to be ackowledged...and to be filled...

It is so important to be balanced and recognize this space within each of us.

Unfortunately, our moments alone are often filled....
with a frenzied anticipation of what is next on our list.
We lose the moment...by not living in the moment.

I am as guilty as the next person.
The last few weeks have been busy, busy, busy...

There are a few things in my life that really center me and bring me to my place of peace...
Writing, praying and singing praise...
are my little slices of life,...that calm me in a way that nothing else can..

The most interesting thing about these three, are that they all....
center around the God who made me.
I have often heard people say God has created us with
a ''God sized hole that only He can fill''...

When I willingly allow my alone time to be a a time of reflection..
I find peace in the silence and I find myself reaching to Him.
He fills our heart as only He can...

Nothing can ever take His place
And nothing can take away the frenzied anticipation of tomorrow
until we center ourselves on the One who gave us breath.....
 
The Lord your God is with you (your name here),
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you (your name here);
    in His love He will no longer rebuke you (your name here),
    but will rejoice over you (your name is here) with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:17

Monday, January 28, 2013

"Looking For Peace In All The Wrong Places"

Peace /pēs/ :
"Freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility"
We long for it ..
We pray for it..
We fight for it..
By majority , "peace" in the Bible originates from the Hebrew word "shalom."
Shalom literally means "peace" however, the meaning is so much more than the "absence of war".
In the Hebrew , shalom is being in harmony with God and all of God's creation.
"Shalom" is that moment when we look around and realize "this is as it should be."
It is a time when you exhale..and find yourself living in a moment designed the way it was meant to be.
Not worrying about tomorrow or regretting yesterday.
You are living at peace with the gift of now....
We fight battles that have long since ended...or anticipate battles of that which may never be.
And far,..too many of us, are fighting someone elses' battle...
I think you will agree, it is time...to drop your sword...
Raise your arms in sweet surrender...and know that...

"the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus".-Phillipians 4:7 
Allow this,.. to fill your heart, soul and mind..
Dropping your sword, and living in harmony with God and His creation, does not mean you stop caring about those around you.
It means you are trusting the One who made them, to care for them in ways that only He can.
Whatever "IT" is, remember, it was never yours to begin with.
Peace begins and ends with the only One who can give it..
Living in harmony with Him and His creation...begins with your surrender..
It is a way of life, that begins with this moment.
God will fight your battles...and the sooner you surrender it to Him...the sooner you will find the peace that has slipped through your grasp.
Surrender it to Him, regardless of the situation, and you will find ....life will become all that it should be, regardless of what it is.
Take a moment and let Him lead you to the only place...where peace truly lives...