the PEACE that passes all understanding...

how easy is it to be peaceful-- especially in the shadow of such a troubling world?

how simple is it to be at peace when we're stretched to transparency. lonely. afraid. angry?

i know from personal experience that, at times, to stop and breathe in God's peace- seems like a task all-to-impossible.

but this week-- make it your goal to stop and do it anyway. because He knows. He knows beyond what we can understand. and His peace reaches all the places where our sanity cannot. where our joy cannot. His peace rests in the cracks. in the caverns.

so even when it may seem like your last breath. use it to breathe easy in His perfect peace.

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

PEACE

summer's notebook, chapter 4.

our peace = inward repose and serenity of soul that indicates a heart at rest, as we place complete confidence in God- minute by minute

our peace comes from knowing..

01. we have a right relationship with God

02. our times are in God's hands

03. God is all-sufficient and omnipresent

04. He is fully aware of every detail of our day

the key to our peace is..

not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God

acknowledging that God will supply our every need, matthew 6.8

remembering that we'll never have a real need that God isn't able to meet, phil. 4.19

the sacrifice of TRUST..

• rest in God's presence
• trust in God's wisdom
• remember that God is in control
• accept God's dealings
• place our confidence in His sovereignty and all-sufficiency

PANIC is wasted energy. don't let yourself do it.

psalm 37.8 '..do not fret, it leads only to evil.'

matthew 6.27 'who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?'

but instead..

'Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.' psalm 62.8