THE STORM CALMER

It's been a tough week for me.Here is why;
 I love peace: to have peace of  mind and heart and to be at peace with God and men. That directly translates to the fact that anything that disrupts my peace serves to spoil my day.. So this has been one such week; with lots and lots of noise and quarrels on what we do and what we don't do. This affected me in every sense; right from my devotion to my happiness; so much so that I did not have the peace to seek The Prince of Peace. It is ironical don't you think so?  I think so too. 

So after two days of auto pilot mode it hit me that we seek what we lack; not what we have. So I humbled my proud self and decided to go back to the foot of the cross. I picked from where my consistent Bible reading had stopped. it coincidentally happened to be Mark 11.

As I read through  I came to the point that says if we pray for anything  with faith God will grant us and that if we hold a grudge against anyone we should forgive so that God will forgive us

24.Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25.And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Well i must admit that is the kind of verses that makes you feel stupid for reading it. You mean all this lack of peace would have been solved with peace if I simply asked for it? Then as I continued to reflect I was reminded of the verse that we do not have because we do not ask in
James 4:2.....You do not have because you do not ask God.  Let's say this added salt to injury.
Peace was just a prayer away??? More than stupid I felt foolish. 

I decide to read on and on and that takes me to chapter 12 where I read about the Pharisees and i  get that pharisaic feeling. I get the conviction that while faulting others I forgot to see the fault in myself. It strikes me that I have looked at  others through a microscope and at myself through a telescope.. No wonder I felt like the right one in all this hullabaloo. the spirit of God was reminding me that I am as terrible as man and in that case woman; can be. And i agree I can be terrible..  So there I am again repenting for being pharisaic.

That was the end of my Bible reading. I had a good share already. So i took the time to repent of my self-righteousness and to ask for peace moving forward. I was then reminded of the Philippians 4:6-7 that I should not be anxious about anything but in prayer and supplication I should make my request known to the Lord and He would give me a peace that surpasses all human understanding.

I get up ready to start my day. I feel energized rejuvenated and enthusiastic about what lies ahead. I know that I  know that things will not be the same again. Peace is my portion and love too.

I write this a day later and I am glad to report that there is so much peace here. Not because I prayed hard enough but because the Prince of Peace STILL lives.The Jesus who calmed the storm 2000+years ago can also calm the storm,  in our lives, in our offices, in our homes, whenever, wherever, whether internal or external storms.

"PEACE BE STILL" Jesus says to your troubling situation. "PEACE "