I SIT STILL PONDERING WHAT JESUS WOULD PRAY IN THE SITUATIONS THAT WE WOULD DEAL WITH AS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR DAILY LIVES. LETS RETURN TO THE BOAT TOSSING AND TURNING ON THE GALILEE, AND HOW FRIGHTENING IT WAS FOR THE DISCIPLES. THEY RAN TO THE MASTER WHO WAS ASLEEP, AND SAID MASTER SAVE US , THE BOAT IS TOSSING AND TURNING , THERE IS A STORM. (MY TRANSLATION) JESUS STOOD UP, JUST RAISED HIS HANDS, AND BY THE MERE WORDS "PEACE BE STILL," THE STORM CALMED, AND THE BOAT QUIT TOSSING AND TURNING.
I RETURN TO THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE GOD ASKS US TO PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. THIS LITTLE COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL, HAS FACED MORE CHAOS IN HISTORY THAN PERHAPS ANYONE. ONE DAY GOD WILL RAISE HIS ARMS AND BRING A PERFECT PEACE WHEN HE RETURNS TO SAVE US ALL.
THE TWO THINGS THAT I HAVE NOTICED THOUGH IN THESE SITUATIONS IS FOR US TO HAVE PERFECT PEACE, WE WILL BE FACING HARD TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LIFE. AND FOR US TO HAVE PERFECT PEACE, WE MUST ASK THE FATHER TO BRING US THROUGH THE TRIBULATIONS AND TRIALS OF LIFE , AND HE WILL RAISE HIS HANDS AND BRING A PEACE THAT PASSES THE WORLDS UNDERSTANDING.
OR EVEN OUR UNDERSTANDING.
WITH KEVIN, THE PEACE CAME ON THOSE LONGS RIDES TO MILWAUKEE, WHEN I DROVE MYSELF, BUT I WAS NOT REALLY ALONE. GOD WAS SO PRESENT AND I WOULD NOT TRADE THOSE MOMENTS FOR ANYTHING THE WORLD HAS TO GIVE.
I AM LEARNING TO SEEK PEACE IN THIS SITUATION WITH MY SISTER AND HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS. PEACE FOR OUR WHOLE FAMILY. PEACE IN OUR HEARTS, PEACE SURROUNDING US, PEACE FOR THE LITTLE CHURCH WHO RAISED US. EVEN PEACE FOR THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN HER CARE. WE ALL SEEK YOUR PEACE LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU CAN BE TRUSTED IN EVERY SITUATION IN OUR LIVES.
"WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER, ATTENDETH MY WAY, WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL, WHATEVER MY LOT, THOU HAS TAUGHT ME TO SAY, IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL"
ONLY BECAUSE OF JESUS......
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