For me, peace came from God... through His love, his acceptance, and the personal revelations He gave me in order to heal and release me from the pains of the past and from wrong thinking.
God took me from being a very fearful and needy person, who found peace in nothing, to someone who can kick back and relax with the best of them! ;)
The paths you and I walk in life are different. No two people can walk the same path. Therefore I can't walk your path for you - meaning, I don't have all the answers for you, but I hope something I've found along the way will help you, just as something you've found along your path will help someone else.
Having said that, the path that has brought me the greatest peace is the one Jesus not only brought me to, but has cut out for me, and often carries me upon.
Peace, in Christ, never came to me in my ignorance. For as long as I failed to know God and His heart, and for as long as I viewed God more as an ogre than as the loving Spirit He is, I found anything but peace. But over time, when I dared to seek Him and/or let Him in, He opened my understanding, He opened the eyes of my heart, and then I could see His love and acceptance towards me, and, in coming to know Him, I learned that 'the fear of God' means a holy respect, while knowing He had the power to destroy me, and the right to, but had chosen to pick me up, dust me off, set me back on my feet and, all the while loving me, He gave me a new hope and an awareness of love I had never known before.
In His love and acceptance I find peace - no matter what the world throws at me. From there, from the trust that grows in me towards Him there, I have dared to accept myself as He has helped me to do - and there I find even more peace.
Once, I thought I needed the love of others in order to feel whole, and therefore happy. But that's not the case. I first needed to be at peace with me. I first needed to make friends me with. I first needed to accept myself, faults and all... And then inner peace enabled me to see that being loved by others is not as important as loving others.
Yes, I struggle with the old flesh at times. I still trip up every now and then and forget to like myself, let alone love myself - and the same can be said about my heart towards others, at times... But in those places, peace leaves me. But God doesn't. And He uses the power of understanding and the power of forgiveness to lead me back to right thinking, which has me loving right again, and therefore walking in peace once more.
"Finding Peace in Everyday Life" is meant to be a short blog every day I can get here, to lead to thoughts and acts of peace. I'll return here when a word of peace flutters into my soul, in order to share that with you. My aim is to keep it short. A word, perhaps even a "try this" directive, that will not see you sitting here at my website longer than what it took for you to read this.
I'm taking "Finding Peace in Everyday Life" one day and step at a time... and I'd be so honoured to have you walk with me along this path. So please feel free to connect with me any time you desire to. Thank you. :) xxx
Now... Where to first...??? :)
God took me from being a very fearful and needy person, who found peace in nothing, to someone who can kick back and relax with the best of them! ;)
The paths you and I walk in life are different. No two people can walk the same path. Therefore I can't walk your path for you - meaning, I don't have all the answers for you, but I hope something I've found along the way will help you, just as something you've found along your path will help someone else.
Having said that, the path that has brought me the greatest peace is the one Jesus not only brought me to, but has cut out for me, and often carries me upon.
Peace, in Christ, never came to me in my ignorance. For as long as I failed to know God and His heart, and for as long as I viewed God more as an ogre than as the loving Spirit He is, I found anything but peace. But over time, when I dared to seek Him and/or let Him in, He opened my understanding, He opened the eyes of my heart, and then I could see His love and acceptance towards me, and, in coming to know Him, I learned that 'the fear of God' means a holy respect, while knowing He had the power to destroy me, and the right to, but had chosen to pick me up, dust me off, set me back on my feet and, all the while loving me, He gave me a new hope and an awareness of love I had never known before.
In His love and acceptance I find peace - no matter what the world throws at me. From there, from the trust that grows in me towards Him there, I have dared to accept myself as He has helped me to do - and there I find even more peace.
Once, I thought I needed the love of others in order to feel whole, and therefore happy. But that's not the case. I first needed to be at peace with me. I first needed to make friends me with. I first needed to accept myself, faults and all... And then inner peace enabled me to see that being loved by others is not as important as loving others.
Yes, I struggle with the old flesh at times. I still trip up every now and then and forget to like myself, let alone love myself - and the same can be said about my heart towards others, at times... But in those places, peace leaves me. But God doesn't. And He uses the power of understanding and the power of forgiveness to lead me back to right thinking, which has me loving right again, and therefore walking in peace once more.
"Finding Peace in Everyday Life" is meant to be a short blog every day I can get here, to lead to thoughts and acts of peace. I'll return here when a word of peace flutters into my soul, in order to share that with you. My aim is to keep it short. A word, perhaps even a "try this" directive, that will not see you sitting here at my website longer than what it took for you to read this.
I'm taking "Finding Peace in Everyday Life" one day and step at a time... and I'd be so honoured to have you walk with me along this path. So please feel free to connect with me any time you desire to. Thank you. :) xxx
Now... Where to first...??? :)