perfect peace

Isaiah 26:3

New Living Translation (NLT)

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You will keep in perfect peace

    all who trust in you,

    all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

peace

perfect 

peace

what does that look like

what does that feel like

what does that mean

for the person who is struggling with a terminal diagnosis

for the person who is coming to grips with a broken marriage

for the one who remembers the days prior to their walk through deep depression

peace

perfect 

peace

what does that mean for the one who just had to claim personal bankruptcy

for the mom who is so overwhelmed with caring for young babies

for the widow who is trying to come to grips with an empty bed when she goes to sleep at night

or for the senior whose family moved them into a nursing home

peace 

perfect 

peace

what does this mean to the young teen who just lost a parent

or for the parents who have a prodigal child

what does it mean for the teen who had a one night fling and finds out she is pregnant

or for the person who is trying to deal with a disease that slowly is taking away their independence

peace

perfect 

peace

means what?

 to the woman recovering from a mastectomy and has no support 

or the one trying to get their bi-polar meds stablized

to the young student who is trying to figure out life

or for the med student facing exams

what does it mean for the woman who is caring for an aging parent

or the one who has no parents left

or for the mom who is waving good-bye to her child as she leaves home and moves continents away

peace

perfect

peace

we can try to get peace

and may experience peace when all things go well.

but only when the storms are happening

do we really encounter PERFECT peace

it is about handing our life

our situation

our attitude

our focus

to the one who is PERFECT

to the one who is PEACE

to the one who knows us, and loves us, and cares for us

It is only IN HIM

THROUGH HIM

BECAUSE OF HIM

that we can truly experience PERFECT PEACE.

So may we keep our thoughts fixed on Him

and trust Him with all things

even when we can not see the road

but know

that He is in control

He is sovereign

He is OUR PERFECT PEACE.

thank you Lord!