There have been a lot of things in the past couple weeks that challenged my ability to stay at peace. I credit all of the ability to remain at peace to the grace of God and also the knowledge and wisdom in a book called "Searching For and Maintaing Peace". It has helped me Big time. It outlines why it is so important to maintain peace and how one can go about finding it. I can recall a number of times where I could have been discouraged or frustrated, but by grace I remained calm and confident in God's mercy and Providence, knowing that I am not perfect. I struggle with a sense of false humility sometimes, but striving to maintain peace has given me such freedom. Even still right now, there could be a number of things that could make me anxious and worrysome, but I feel more able to abandon myself.
This pertains to my last post, because with some of the habits and addictions that we all face, it is easy to become discouraged. But without going into deep detail on this, I just want to let you all know that we must remain calm, confident, and at peace, knowing that God will come through for us with our help. The help comes with us trying to starve the rough spots in our life, but also knowing that God will not put us through a test that we cannot handle alone.
As the book I referred to above states, we are like a lake- if it is as peace and tranquil, you can see the reflection of the sun, if it disturbed and at torment, you cannot see any reflection. If we are at peace, people can see the sun and feel the warmth. Let us be at peace
Thanksgiving: Books that fill us with life.
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