The breathing slows, the heart beats in stride, eyes are opened, and the world slowly comes out of its fog. Inspiration stirs, hope overwhelms, joy floods the soul that was once heavy with defeat.
These are the signs of Peace… A Peace that passes all understanding, A peace that overwhelms until it takes complete control and transforms you.
Peace is a blessing we take for granted, it is an achievement few will ever find, and it is an emotion that transforms one from being a vessel of emptiness to a vessel of use and purpose. We chase after dreams, we fight after desire, we push and we pull for yesterdays regret and tomorrows promise. We are in constant motion with no destination—we are the chaos we desire to be rid of. We are in deep desire for rest, for peace, for the world to slow down all around us long enough so we can feel a part of something rather than passed by.
The world is still…we are the motion…we create the blur.
Peace creates the clarity; it opens our eyes to the stillness of beauty. Contentment can only be reached when we allow peace to open our eyes, when we finally see all that surrounds us, all that we are a part of. Contentment isn’t letting go of the dreams for tomorrow but it is in surrendering our hope for tomorrow in God’s hands. God gave us hands for today—hands to work, hands to love, hands to create, hands to inspire. He holds our hand to lead us to tomorrow but he gives us freedom in today to take advantage of all the blessings he invests and gifts us with. He longs for us to create and to build upon what He gives to us—He trusts us with His creation to make more out of less and to build blessings that overflow from our own hands and into the hands of those all around us.
I know more often than not I am so busy trying to pull God into tomorrow that my hands are not free to work, love, create, inspire, and bless those around me today. My blessings do not reach their potential and more often than not I find that I cannot be trusted with what God so graciously gives to me each and every day. After experiencing peace, I crave it; after understanding contentment, I desire it. I want my eyes to be opened to the blessings that surround me. I want God’s peace so that I can capture the opportunities of today. I want my life to be more than a blur. I want pictures of my life to reflect vivid colors, faces that are crisp and clear, and experiences that can never be forgotten or misunderstood by all that witness the snapshots of my life.
Are you willing to let go of control to find contentment? Are you willing to embrace God’s freedom of today and let Him hold the hope of tomorrow? Are you ready to experience peace that passes all understanding and to be a person of purpose?
May your blessings overflow to all those that are around so that their lives can in turn be blessed by God’s measure and never that of our own.
These are the signs of Peace… A Peace that passes all understanding, A peace that overwhelms until it takes complete control and transforms you.
Peace is a blessing we take for granted, it is an achievement few will ever find, and it is an emotion that transforms one from being a vessel of emptiness to a vessel of use and purpose. We chase after dreams, we fight after desire, we push and we pull for yesterdays regret and tomorrows promise. We are in constant motion with no destination—we are the chaos we desire to be rid of. We are in deep desire for rest, for peace, for the world to slow down all around us long enough so we can feel a part of something rather than passed by.
The world is still…we are the motion…we create the blur.
Peace creates the clarity; it opens our eyes to the stillness of beauty. Contentment can only be reached when we allow peace to open our eyes, when we finally see all that surrounds us, all that we are a part of. Contentment isn’t letting go of the dreams for tomorrow but it is in surrendering our hope for tomorrow in God’s hands. God gave us hands for today—hands to work, hands to love, hands to create, hands to inspire. He holds our hand to lead us to tomorrow but he gives us freedom in today to take advantage of all the blessings he invests and gifts us with. He longs for us to create and to build upon what He gives to us—He trusts us with His creation to make more out of less and to build blessings that overflow from our own hands and into the hands of those all around us.
I know more often than not I am so busy trying to pull God into tomorrow that my hands are not free to work, love, create, inspire, and bless those around me today. My blessings do not reach their potential and more often than not I find that I cannot be trusted with what God so graciously gives to me each and every day. After experiencing peace, I crave it; after understanding contentment, I desire it. I want my eyes to be opened to the blessings that surround me. I want God’s peace so that I can capture the opportunities of today. I want my life to be more than a blur. I want pictures of my life to reflect vivid colors, faces that are crisp and clear, and experiences that can never be forgotten or misunderstood by all that witness the snapshots of my life.
Are you willing to let go of control to find contentment? Are you willing to embrace God’s freedom of today and let Him hold the hope of tomorrow? Are you ready to experience peace that passes all understanding and to be a person of purpose?
May your blessings overflow to all those that are around so that their lives can in turn be blessed by God’s measure and never that of our own.
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