Theology Blog

This week I am reminded that peace is not an emotion.  Nor is it a state in which there is a lack of conflict.  Peace does not nor should not need to be controlled by emotion or circumstances.  Peace as I have told the children at church is knowing that with God everything will be ok.  We can choose to live in a way where our circumstances do not control us and that we are going to be ok.  In my life, and the life of my family, we have been through a lot in the past year and when it seems like it is calming down, stuff starts to happen again.  For the first time in my life, none of it is really phasing me.  I am finally learning to trust God after all I have experienced.  What a true and wonderful gift of peace!