John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
Today was filled with a lot of crying. It started with a lot of crying from my baby, and followed with a little crying from myself as well. No matter what I did, my daughter was inconsolable. And by the end of the day, my nerves were shredded. I thought of Those With Young, and remembered our talks about rest. So I pulled out my copy of Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman. It is the devotional I always pull out during strenuous periods of my life. And it is well used! The curled edges of the pages and tattered cover remind me of a past in which I cried out to God.
There is a quote that I found again tonight and it filled me with hope. It says, “Rest is not some holy feeling that comes upon us in church. It is a state of calm rising from a heart deeply and firmly established in God.” I may not always have a restful feeling, but I can have a heart firmly established in God! So whether you are meeting with God in a coffee shop on a warm, spring day, or you are struggling to find words through your tears in your bed on a dark night, rest is available to us through Him! We must only give Him our heart.
The devotional tonight ended with this poem:
My peace I give in times of deepest grief
Imparting calm and trust and My relief.
My peace I give when prayer seem lost, unheard;
Know that My promises are ever in My Word.
My peace I give when you are left alone-
The nightingale at night has sweetest tone.
My peace I give in times of utter loss,
The way of glory leads right to the cross.
My peace I give when enemies will blame,
Your fellowship is sweet through cruel shame.
My peace I give in agony and sweat,
For My own brow with bloody drops was wet.
My peace I give when nearest friend betrays-
Peace that is merged in love, and for them prays.
My peace I give when there’s but death for thee-
The gateway is the cross to get to Me.
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