With the often hectic and crazy holiday season fast approaching, here is a helpful and timely article on how to fight against busyness! From Crosswalk.com………
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/11-ways-to-recover-from-being-too-busy.html
And what does it actually mean? Answers within! From BibleStudyTools.com……………
This article makes a good point of the benefits of being spiritually open when the unexpected happens in your daily plans. I must admit that I have not responded as well as I might when things happen to disrupt my plans for the day. From Crosswalk.com…………
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-to-be-spiritually-open-to-daily-detours.html
This article argues that there is a life pathway of shalom that should be a goal for every believer. From Bible Gateway Blog………………….
Grace and peace. Who does not want that in their life? Who would not appreciate someone sharing God’s grace and peace with them? From Crosswalk.com……..
Just this title conjures up feelings and images that makes me feel refreshed and renewed. We all could use some rest for our souls, and the Shepherd of our souls provides that rest! From the Mental Health Grace Alliance……………..
We all have occasion to worry. That is why the Bible is full of admonitions to not worry! But how? Here are some thoughts along those lines from ReasonableTheology.org……………………….
How can we find peace when our minds and our bodies are racked with anxiety and worry? With Christ, there is a way! Here is a takeaway for me: “Peace comes amidst overwhelming anxiety when we take our eyes off the earthly circumstances and put them on the eternal things.” From Pastor Kelly………….
Peace, or shalom, is a kind of rest that comes from bedrock confidence in the holistic, universal provision of what is necessary and good. Hymnist Horatio Spafford offers one of the best descriptions of the effects and sources of peace: “When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say it is well, it is well with my soul.” Consequently, a person of peace does not attack others and faces attacks by others with calmness and without rancor, since there is an assured knowledge and experience of abundance. Such a one is neither hostile, suspicious, nor “touchy” to the point of offense. The wisdom that springs out of a life from above, says the Letter of James, “is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace” (3:17–18).
From The Divine Conspiracy Continued: Fulfilling God’s Kingdom on Earth. Copyright © 2014 by Dallas Willard amd Gary Black Jr. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
This article contains a really nice collection of verses on the topic of peace. How we need some peace in this day at this time! From Cru…………………..
https://www.jesusfilm.org/blog-and-stories/30-verses-about-peace.html
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