PEACE OF MIND

PERFECT PEACE STARTS IN THE MIND. IT'S NOT NEW AGE MEDITATION, MAN-MADE PEACE, BUT FLOWS FROM A MIND WHICH IS FOCUSED ON GOD. WHEN LIFE STARTS CLOSING IN YOU, YOU AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE OUT OF CONTROL, IT IS TOO EASY TO ALLOW OUR MINDS TO RUN WILD WITH FEAR AND WORRY, ALL WE SEE IS THE PROBLEM. ALL WE THINK ABOUT IS THE SOLUTION. OUR THOUGHTS FLY IN EVERY DIRECTION AS IF PANIC OR DISPAIR FILLS EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF OUR BEING.

STOP

TAKE A STEP BACK. FIND A QUIET PLACE AND BEGIN TO FOCUS ON GOD. FORCE YOUR THOUGHTS TO TURN FROM THE PROBLEM TO THE SOURCE OF THE SOLUTION. REMIND YOURSELF OF GOD'S POWER, HIS LOVING NATURE, HIS PROMISES TO KEEP YOU, TO PROVIDE FOR YOU, TO PROTECT YOU. AS YOU ALLOW YOUR MIND TO DWELL ON YOUR CREATOR, YOUR LOVING SAVIOR, PEACE, TRUE PEACE, HIS PEACE WILL REPLACE THE TURMOIL IN YOUR HEART.

SOMETIMES HE CALMS THE STORM, AND SOMETIMES HE CALMS HIS CHILD IN THE MIDST OF THE STORM.

~author unknown~

DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN

ARE YOU DISCOURAGED AND ARE YOU BLUE? ARE CLOUDS OBSCURING THE SUN FROM VIEW? KEEP TRUSTING JESUS THO STORMS ASSAIL!

YOU HAVE HIS PROMISE, HE WILL NOT FAIL! HE KNOWS YOUR HEARTACHE, HE UNDERSTANDS, JUST PUT YOUR PROBLEM IN HIS GREAT HANDS, NO TROUBLE MEETS YOU, BUT IN HIS WILL! HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN, HE LOVES YOU STILL!

IT IS ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN. DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BUT CARRY ON, HE WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU THE SUN WILL BREAK THROUGH, IT IS ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN.

~author john w peterson~

GIVE THANKS

THANKS TO GOD FOR THE ANGELS ALL AROUND. THEY ENCIRCLE US TO SEND THEIR LOVE... THEIR MESSAGES ARE PROFOUND.

I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO FEEL THEIR LOVE. THEY SEND THOUGHTS TO ME ALL DAY LONG.

IT IS JUST NICE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE ABOVE. CLEAR YOUR MIND OF EVERDAY THINGS AND OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART...

SOON YOU WILL BE HEARING THE WHISPER OF WINGS, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT INTUITION, OTHERS SAY "HIGHER SELF" WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT IS LIKE SPIRITUAL WEALTH!

SPIRITS OF NATURE AND ANGELS NEAR, IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO APPEAR! MAY THE ANGELS BE WITH YOU.

~author unknown~

HE IS ALWAYS THERE

FROM MORNING TO NIGHT I CONTINUE TO FIGHT. AGAINST SICKNESS, SATAN AND TIME, WHEN I THINK I CAN'T WIN I CALL ON JESUS AGAIN. HE MAKES ALL THINGS TURN OUT JUST FINE.

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER, IN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER HE MIXES THE GOOD WITH THE BAD. THROUGH HIS WONDERFUL GRACE, AND HIS TENDER EMBRACE HE HELPS US BE HAPPY NOT SAD.

SO THE BATTLE CAN BE, MORE THAN OUR EYES CAN SEE, WHEN WE PLACE EVERYTHING IN HIS HAND. FROM MORNING TO NIGHT, HE MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT IN HIS LOVING CARE WE CAN STAND.

~author howard james~

CROSSROADS

SOMETIMES WE COME TO LIFE'S CROSSROADS AND VIEW WHAT WE THINK IS THE END.

BUT GOD HAS A MUCH WIDER VISION AND HE KNOWS IT'S ONLY A BEND.

THE ROAD WILL GO ON AND GET SMOOTHER, AND AFTER WE'VE STOPPED FOR A REST.

THE PATH THAT LIES HIDDEN BEYOND US IS OFTEN THE PART THAT IS BEST.

SO REST AND RELAX AND GROW STRONGER.

LET GO AND LET GOD SHARE YOUR LOAD.

~author unknown~

NO ONE LIKES TO SUFFER OR LINGER IN DESPAIR, WHEN LIFE DELIVERS HEARTACHE, IT IS MORE THAN WE CAN BEAR.

BUT GOD HAS WAYS OF CHANGING THE HEARTACHE INTO SMILES. AND MOVE US TO A HIGHER PLACE WHERE SORROW RESTS AWHILE.

IT IS ALL A PART OF LIVING AND LEARNING TO ACCEPT, WHEN WE COME ACROSS ADVERSITY, GOD IS NOT FINISHED YET.

AS LONG AS WE ARE LIVING WE WILL HAVE OUR SHARE OF TEARS, BUT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, PAIN AND SORROW DISAPPEAR.

SO TRY TO FIND YOUR RAINBOW IN THE MIDST OF TOIL AND STRIFE. FOR ONE DAY YOU WILL FACE JESUS AND A BRAND NEW WAY OF LIFE.

~author jill lemming~

FAITH IN DOUBT

OUR FAITH IN GOD IS EASY WHEN THE WATERS AROUND ARE STILLED, WHEN THE VOYAGE UNDERTAKEN FINDS OUR DREAMS AND HOPES FULFILLED.

BUT HOLDING ON TO GOD IS HARD WHEN WRESTLING WITH OUR DOUBT, AND WHEN THE STORMS ARE FIERCEST, AND OUR BOAT IS TOSSED ABOUT.

IT'S THEN OUR FAITH IS SHAKEN, WHEN THE MASTER'S SOUND ASLEEP, NOT KNOWING WE ARE SINKING, AND THE WATERS AROUND ARE DEEP. WE WONDER THEN HOW HE, WHO'S LORD OF ALL THE LAND AND SEA, COULD SEEM TO BE SO UNAWARE OF OUR CATASTROPHE. IT'S WHEN OUR FAITH SEEMS WEAKEST, GOD WILL CALM THE SEA AND SOUL

, AND WHEN WE ARE MOST BROKEN THAT HE WILL TOUCH, AND MAKE US WHOLE.

~author sister miriam barker, c.d.s.~