December 13th, 2025
Wow, the week got away from me and here we are in the eve of the third Sunday of Advent. This doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking of advent, I just didn’t sit down to write about it.
During this time we are encouraged to open our hearts and minds towards the birth of Christ. Seeking and finding peace in a somewhat chaotic world can be challenging.
The second week of advent is Peace. It symbolizes the peace that Jesus brings and a reflection of the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
How Do You Find Peace?
Did you know that there is approximately 429 times the word Peace appears in the Bible (KJV). And, in the New Testament using the Greek word, èirēnē appears about 92 times and refers to inner calm, prosperity or reconciliation. It signifies spiritual tranquility, fellowship and a state of being in right relationship with God and others, as seen in Jesus’s greetings, “Peace Be With You!” The Old Testament uses the Hebrew word, Shalom referring to wholeness , well-being, prosperity and peace in relationships. It does not mean mere absence of conflict.
I have learned that in life peace must come from within, at least the desire for peace. I believe true peace can only be obtained through the acceptance of Jesus, as the Son of God. The Spirit of God that dwells within the hearts/souls of all believers is the key to peace. In the midst of turmoil, we always have help!
Psalm 121
Things To Do: For Finding Peace
- Pray/talk with God
- Reduce time watch watching TV news
- Listen to music
- Go for a drive in the country
- Listen to an audible book
- Read a book
- Write a blog post
- Call a friend/family
- Spend time with family
- Play hand-held solitaire game
Peace is available and attainable! I won’t tell you that your life with be trouble free or without troubles; however, I will say to you with great confidence that you can weather any storm with God at your side. I find myself evaluating my life a lot these days, I often find it difficult to wrap my mind around, I’m 61 and where has the time gone. Yesterday, as I was finishing up some last minute shopping for Christmas, I saw this quote painted on wood, “The days are long but the years go by quickly.” That hit me really hard. It is true what the word of God tells us in James 4:14, we are mist that vanishes.
Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Hope & Peace
As this week comes to a close and we prepare to celebrate week three of advent, it is my deep desire that we all seek Jesus while He may be found. That we find real peace in knowing that Jesus came to save us and that hope eternal can only be found in accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior. My life has been a gift from God, He created and formed me on purpose and with a plan. All that I am and all that I have is by and through God, the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit.
~ Shalom my friends.
“God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing,”
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
~Charlotte, Striving Towards Genuine Authentic Living As A Child Of God 💕
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