Peace from God
John 14:27: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives." The Peace we receive from God through the Holy Spirit is different from that which the world gives. True peace is not what you do on the outside or from the environment but it is from the inside. The world will tell you to seek peace by getting yourself a massage, listen to soft music or go far away where you will be quiet and all alone. But you cannot have all these at all times. If you are a nursing mother or taking care of toddlers, expect noise and shouting, if you are in a workplace, there are times when you won't see things the same way with your colleagues, if you take a taxi, the conductor may speak unkind words to you, if you live in a rented place, the landlord can put you off, the list is endless. But how can one have peace, an inner sense of rest and calm at such times and not through the impossible way of avoidance of conflict or troubling situations that ...