All is CALM.
Not outside of you, but INSIDE of you.
And you wonder how it is possible,
because you are still living in
the same circumstances
that you wish would change,
yet they are staying the same,
but you are
CALM
despite the raging seas.
You try to shake the boat,
but it stays
STILL.
And you wonder how it is possible.
And GOD wonders
why you are wondering
because
HE PROMISES the CALM
in the middle of the raging seas~
"And the PEACE of GOD that transcends ALL understanding
will guard you HEARTS and your MINDS in CHRIST JESUS".*
Your HEART. My HEART.
Your MIND. My MIND.
GOD'S PEACEFUL CALM
that
TRANSCENDS
that
SURPASSES
ALL
UNDERSTANDING.
So you sit in
HIS PEACE
that is GIFTED to you
because
you
did
FIRST THINGS FIRST~
"...but IN EVERYTHING [every circumstance and situation]
by prayer and petition with thanksgiving,
continue to make your [specific] requests known to GOD".
DEAR GOD~
I give you EVERYTHING.
I give you
EVERY
CIRCUMSTANCE
that strives to steal my PEACE.
I thank YOU for taking every
CIRCUMSTANCE
that strives to steal
YOUR PEACE
because
YOU know how to deal with
"_________________" better than I do.
I RECEIVE
YOUR PEACE that
TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING!
AMEN!
Did you DO it?
Are you thinking about DOING it?
Do you want HIS PEACE
more than you crave
your circumstance to change?
Yikes!
Do you want HIS PEACE
more than you crave your circumstance to change?
Oh to experience
HIS PEACE
when you TRUST GOD with
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE,
even the CIRCUMSTANCE that strives to
bleed hopelessness
into your life.
Oh DO IT!
For when you experience
HIS PEACE
HE truly
TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING
as HIS PEACE
brings its friends with it~
HOPE
JOY
and
LOVE
that
TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING,
as you sit in the boat
that is oh so
STILL
on the raging seas
because
"the PEACE of GOD that transcends ALL understanding
will guard you HEARTS and your MINDS in CHRIST JESUS" *(Philippians 4:6-7).
FIRST THINGS FIRST~
"PEACE BE STILL"
(listen to the song below)