Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Peace

Proverbs 17:1 It is better to have a crust of bread in peace than feasting with strife.(paraphrased by me.)

Peace, what a nice word. I think today we spend too much time looking for a thrill, or way to keep busy so bordome will not hit. We buy toys, seek riches, increase our intelect and sacrifice for body beautiful. True, the world believes that money, good looks and riches give us value. Of course, those of us who know Christ have heard over and over how beauty fades, riches are stolen and God reveals himself to the humble not the proud. None of the which brings peace.

Christ is the Prince of peace. He brings peace. Not the kind the world brings but the kind only He brings. Peace is part of the fruits of the Holy spirit. Peace is a gift and part of salvation. Do we have peace?

The only way to receive peace is to receive Christ and all he offers to us as Children of God. Yet we experience strife often. Maybe it is because of the company we keep, the places we find oursleves in or things that encompass lives. We are called to Love, Joy, PEACE, patience kindness, gooodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control. These, the attrubutes of the Holy Spirit, live inside us. Anything that depleats, slaks or steals this from us needs to be elelminated or at the very least avoided.

Fear not. Regardles of what we think we may loose by seperating ourselves for what we believe brings happiness, we loose nothing. For it is better to live with only a crust of bread and be at peace than to feast in wealth or what ever else we treasere and live in strife or discord.

May peace rule your life today.

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