Resting in God’s Peace
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Like the Moon,
We Reflect Christ’s Light in the Darkness,
Spreading Living Colours For All.
Genesis 2:3
So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
Philippians 4:7
… and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
…
Words of Grace For Today
There are times in our lives, more as we age, where we do not have what it takes to make it through a day, and we suffer.
Sometimes it is thirst, or hunger, or danger because we do not have proper clothes or shelter.
(Yes, many have not experienced that, yet, for the assured, protected, and luxuries way of life that many live – which is far beyond a dream for most people – can be taken or disappear without warning or cause, such are the realities of life on earth, especially when others are evil enough to take them from us, and more and more people are able to do just that!)
Sometimes it is a matter of having the ability to think clearly enough to make it through the day. Our thoughts are muddled. Our memories tainted or lost. Our decision making capacities escape us. Out of fear or failure we freeze, fight, or flee, or even act, and those actions or lack of actions place us in more danger than before.
Sometimes, though it is much worse. This happens to people the world over. Has happened-Happens-Will happen to people through all time, past and future. Standard of living does not make one immune, in fact the higher one’s standard of living the more likely it will overwhelm one, so ill equipped one becomes at dealing with such tragedies: we lose our spirit, or our spirits darken to the point we do not see the Light of God, not at all, not at all.
This darkness of the heart invades also our minds and our bodies and can literally kill us, or maim us to such a degree we might as well be dead … and may wish that were possible.
Into this darkness, like the Advent Wreath’s candles growing in number and brilliance each week against the increasing darkness of our days, the Light of Christ comes into our hearts,
into our bodies,
rejuvenating our spirits,
and giving us more than enough light to share with others,
as
we
become
instruments of God
spreading the Light of Christ to those
caught in the darkness,
unjustly denigrated and cast out by others,,
forgotten,
until
…
until
the Light of Christ
brings them and us God’s Peace,
and
proves their preciousness,
our preciousness,
to God
once
again.
Another miracle, whether we are ready to see it or not.