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good morning, friends! today i want to share a little about peace. not the world peace kind, but inner peace. it is such a fickle thing that, while i cant speak for everyone, for me, it is near impossible to get that feeling and keep it all day. am i right, or is it really just me?
im studying the beth moore book, breaking free, and in chapter 6, she speaks about experiencing gods peace. by the way, if you need a good, hearty devotional book- this is the one! shes striking cords with me left and right.
so, back to the chapter. she quotes isa. 48:18, if only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. and she goes on to explain that a river and a peaceful life doesnt have to be like a pond, a boring stagnant pond, your life will be like a river, white water rafting type of river. its a really good point she makes! who wants to be stagnant? i dont! but, i do want the peace to be with me always, and not with me for brief periods of the day. and how do we achieve this peace? by following his commands. sounds simple enough right?
just this week, on facebook (a post about social media will be published next week) a person from my home town had posted a video of teenage girls fighting. i think this is a hacker job, like they clicked on another video and because they did, their account was compromised and the hackers posted other videos without their knowledge. but, they had to click on a video first in order for this to happen. and all of the videos are smutty, a girl with a rather large derriere, a teen girl fight, or some other smutty thing. i was in shock! in my mind, no way would this person every do such a thing, but there was the proof, right before my eyes! i remember, during my childhood, my mother would watch the soap operas and when the actors would kiss, we would have to turn our head and cover our eyes. now, children see much more than a kiss and they dont seem to be bothered by it! my question is... if we are a society that is so desensitized to various things, how will we be able to follow the commands of our lord? how will we hear the holy spirit talk to us a.k.a. our conscious, and know right from wrong? and how will we ever experience the peace like a river, and well-being waves of the sea?
i totally get where you are coming from. sometimes i purposefully put my phone on silent and leave it in a different room just so i wont constantly look at it. sometimes i just have to step away and spend quality time with god. but sadly, i usually only realize thats what i need when i have let myself get completely worn out.
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