It is good to be back with you all! After the December break, I'm excited to blog again. Later this week I hope to host a giveaway.
Hope you enjoyed your Christmas. Our month held many special memories but somewhere amidst the craziness of the season, I wondered where is found the "peace on earth" we sing about.
There is moments in my days when I long for night, when quiet enfolds my home. The silence of midnight is quite appealing when children are bickering, a pot on the stove is boiling over, the phone is ringing, and my mind spinning with unfinished tasks.
Hope you enjoyed your Christmas. Our month held many special memories but somewhere amidst the craziness of the season, I wondered where is found the "peace on earth" we sing about.
There is moments in my days when I long for night, when quiet enfolds my home. The silence of midnight is quite appealing when children are bickering, a pot on the stove is boiling over, the phone is ringing, and my mind spinning with unfinished tasks.
Most days, life at our house doesn't feel real peaceful. Four high energy children don't usually bring a sense of calm. Even when everyone is happily playing, the noise volume can be deafening.
The past year, held events in our personal lives that brought unrest. When I look beyond my home to the turmoil in our world and the heartache of others, I don't find many examples of peace.
Before we built our addition last year, we searched for a verse to carve on our new mantle or paint on the wall. At this point we've done neither but the verse we chose has been a one I've held onto throughout the ups and downs of 2011.
“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.” Psalm 29:11
I am grateful that peace isn't the absence of conflict. It isn't soft music playing while children whisper. It isn't found in an immaculate housekeeping and perfect meals. Peace is found in Jesus Christ. Through His strength and by His power, we can say that 2011 was a year when we experienced God's blessing of peace.
On Christmas morning at our church, the sermon was about Peace. The minister read a portion from book, The Peace Child by Don Richardson, about the Christmas feast between tribes that had once cannibalized each other. Now that is a true example of peace - not temporary peace of children tucked into bed for an hour. But true lasting peace that makes enemies into friends.
That is the kind of peace I pray for - not because I have enemies, but because I desire a relationship with God that transforms my life from an enemy of God to His friend.
May God's peace be yours in the New Year.
On Christmas morning at our church, the sermon was about Peace. The minister read a portion from book, The Peace Child by Don Richardson, about the Christmas feast between tribes that had once cannibalized each other. Now that is a true example of peace - not temporary peace of children tucked into bed for an hour. But true lasting peace that makes enemies into friends.
That is the kind of peace I pray for - not because I have enemies, but because I desire a relationship with God that transforms my life from an enemy of God to His friend.
May God's peace be yours in the New Year.
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