PEACE

Good Evening

It is the middle of the week -

Although it is nearing the end of the day, it is still Wednesday for many of my friends

The middle is such an interesting place to be …

You are not at the beginning but you are not close to the end either

I guess that is why Wednesdays are viewed as a sort of victory day;

If you can make it through, you are well on your way to the weekend –

                For rest, relaxation and PEACE

 PEACE is an amazing thing

I would take meager living and peace in a home over wealth and chaos any day

PEACE is a sustaining force when you are in the middle of a trial

PEACE is a stabilizing presences when it feels like all is shaking and unstable

PEACE is a guiding path when you are in the middle of a process

                It is a source of direction when you are traveling unfamiliar paths

 

I like the definition found in my concordance:

 

 PEACE, SAFETY, PROSPERITY, WELL-BEING, INTACTNESS, WHOLENESS –

 

That is pretty powerful … and all encompassing!

 

In fact, that word for peace is found in Judges 6:24

It is the basis for one of the names of God – Jehovah Shalom, the LORD our PEACE

The LORD our PEACE

The LORD our SAFETY

The LORD our PROSPERITY – not just the One who prospers us;

                The One who not only causes us to be blessed but Who is our great blessing

The LORD our WELL-BEING

The LORD of INTACTNESS – the state of being unimpaired, flawless, ultra-perfect, without defect

The LORD of WHOLENESS – complete, harmoniously whole, unbroken, undamaged

 

Those are qualities beneficial for the middle of the week or the middle of a trial –

and everywhere else around and in between

He is the LORD who has and does and IS everything we need

 

That must be why He tells us in Psalm 100:2 to lift up songs of joy –

                After all, He does inhabit the praises of His people [Psalm 22:3]

Wherever God is, so too are all of His attributes –

                Peace, Safety, Prosperity, Well-Being, Intactness, Wholeness

 

So – whether you still have a few hours left in the middle of your week;

Or whether you have already begun the trek toward the weekend,

Why not travel that road with the God of PEACE, Jehovah-Shalom

It will certainly make any journey more enjoyable and satisfying

 

I pray you are having a blessed holiday season –

Have a relaxing and PEACE-FILLED evening

  

God Bless!

‘… the LORD provides for those He loves, even while they sleep’ Psalms 127:2