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Be at peace in all things, because the enemy, who always fishes in troubled waters, takes advantage of our discouragement to achieve his intentions more readily.
We may ask ourselves why more people aren’t doing something. But looking at change in terms of what we think other people should be doing is likely only to frustrate us even more.
Once we realize that Jesus came to save the entire human person and not just the soul, so much of the worry, stress, and burdens we heap upon ourselves dissipate.
This Lenten season, may we bring forward our own pain and grief into the desert and find solidarity and peace with Christ alone.
We grow as persons each time we make even a small self-sacrifice in giving to another, in loving another.
While the Judeans Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were their Hebrew names) were in exile in Babylon, they were thrown into a white-hot furnace for not bowing down to a golden statue.
Be at peace by living in the now. Only when we see the future as a positive reality does it become possible to live well in the present moment.
What is one small way we can contribute to the building up of our community this week? Is there a weary mom we could offer to babysit an hour for?
If God’s will is truly our first priority, the other areas of our lives tend to fall into place, because they are centered on the one sure foundation.
The very first Psalm sings of a tree planted by flowing waters, with leaves that never fade; it bears fruit in due season. This is an image of living in God’s love.
