Peace. It can be elusive, yet we all want it. We search for it, strive for it, read books about how to get more of it. Can it be obtained? Can we find peace? I believe we can. In the book of Mark in the Bible there is a story of the disciples and a great storm that threatened to capsize their boat and end their very lives. I can picture the panic that was settling on their hearts as their minds realized how great the danger was. You can imagine the great swells of waves and the boat pitching about as the wind is nearly tossing them overboard, as they wake the teacher up, saying "Jesus, do you not care that we are perishing?" He awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. Mark 4:38-39
Again, when Jesus appeared to His disciples after resurrection, He spoke the Word "Peace".
John 20:21 "Peace be with you".
I believe Peace is fully attainable to us, if it weren't Jesus would not have spoken it to both the storm and to His disciples. We have those accounts to comfort us today, to bring us Peace. By trusting Him and knowing Him. By reading the Bible and praying, we have access to peace, His Peace. Peace that calms the storms in our lives, both the actual storms and the things in life that threaten to capsize us, or turn us upside down. Trust him today and rest in His perfect Peace~
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