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Peace comes in so many forms. Peace from the absence of sound, peace in decisions made knowing you made those decisions with God's leading, peace from just being comfortable in all your doing. Although around here the first peace is rare, it does happen and when it does, I start worrying something is wrong lol. I haven't always had peace of mind, only after I found Jesus did that true peace come. And it was only a few short years ago that I found the peace of contentment. Not worrying about what others think or say. Oh sure it still hurts when someone says things bad about me, but I don't linger on it anymore. God is so great and merciful in our lives. We don't deserve the gift He gave us. But I am most appreciative of that precious gift. And it is because of that gift that I can find peace. Peace in all forms. Sometimes I have to go outside while the children are watching a movie to gain the peace from silence. Sometimes I have to go into prayer to gain that peace. Because we can allow alot of noise to fill our minds and hearts. We need to filter that noise out of our lives. Prayer is an awesome tool in accomplishing that. In our reading today Luke 1 we read that Zechariah had his voice taken from him after his vision in the temple. We read of Gabriel's visit to Mary. She didn't have peace right away after being told she had been chosen to be the mother of the Savior. And we read of Mary's visit to Elizabeth causing the baby in Elizabeths womb to leap. These people were blessed with many forms of peace, all in God's great design. I often sit and wonder how I would react in those circumstances. But you know, in a way we are all put into those types of circumstances. Not as important? maybe. But I was put in those circumstances each time God brought another child into our home. Each time God decided to remove a child or keep a child here permenately. When my dh suffered his spinal cord injury again I was placed in the circumstances of our forefathers. The circumstance I am referring to is our decisions, our faith being tested. It takes faith alot of faith to hear your going to become a parent at an old age and believe it will happen, it takes faith to hear your going to be a mother even tho you have not been with a man. It takes faith to take in someone one elses child and raise that child as your own, it takes faith to stand next to your husband when he can no longer walk. It also takes decision making. You have to decide if you will follow God. If you will allow Him to work in your life or will you fight Him. You have to decide that you will keep the children God wants you to keep, You have to decide if you will continue to love and care for your husband or wife when that person as you knew them has disappeared thru an illness or injury. And you have to decide if you are going to do all these things with a heavy heart or a heart that feels blessed. So many times I have heard my children are very blessed to have us. In all reality it is my husband and I that are blessed by being given the children God entrusted to us. Whether thru birth or adoption. As with Mary we were chosen out of many to receive these blessings. As with Mary not everything in the lives of our children are pleasant but they are necessary. And the outcome of it all depends on us. Our decisions, our faith. When asked what I want for Christmas? There is nothing I want. I have it all, my Savior, my Bible, my husband, my children, my home, my food, my clothing, my friends. Well ok I would like to have a food dehydrator, but if I never get it it's ok. I have all I want and need right here, year round, everyday. The most precious of all of these next to my Savior, is the smile on my children's faces as they make the fruit loop garland and other crafts, the tongue peeking out of the corner of their mouth as they work on math or handwriting, the scurry of feet as they search for clues or answers to their unit study. What more could I want or need? |
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