"PEACE OUT!!!" ✌🏼☮️🙏🏼✝️🙌🏼

     PEACE (noun)...freedom from disturbance;  quiet and tranquillity.  In my humble opinion, a "price tag" cannot be placed on PEACE, especially, peace of mind.  As Horatio Spafford's inspirational hymn lyrics express:  (vs. 1)..."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...!"  PEACE concerns the human heart's deepest, need and desire, to have an overall sense of, satisfaction and contentment, within oneself, about life. One of the names of God that is found in 'The Bible,' is 'Jehovah Shalom,' which is translated, 'The God of Peace.'  'Jehovah' (LORD) (Truth revealer, righteousness, redemption), and, 'Shalom' (PEACE - translated 170 times) (Judges 6:24).  In Isaiah 9:6, it was prophesied that, 'The Prince of Peace' (Jesus) would enter this earthly realm, and, HE did!  Romans 5:1, tells us that, HE provided PEACE for whosoever will receive it, through HIS death.  Then, we are told in, Galatians 5:22, that part of "The Fruit of  The Holy Spirit," given to ALL Believers, is...PEACE!  Romans 8:6 says..."For to be carnally minded is death;  but to be spiritually minded is LIFE and PEACE."  Therefore, I have concluded, to try and continually choose to be, "spiritually minded," because, living with an overall, foundation and sense of, PEACE - within my being, is of utmost importance to me!  Another appropriate verse of Scripture for this is found in, Isaiah 26:3..."THOU wilt keep him in perfect PEACE, whose mind is stayed on THEE, because he trusteth in THEE!"  I know from experience that, whenever I have habitual, and/or, unconfessed, sin in my life, I lose that "perfect sense of PEACE" between God and myself!  With me, the precious PEACE that I love to feel inside my person, is interrupted by SIN!  I like it whenever, like the hymn declares..."I've got PEACE like a river - in my soul!"  'The Holy Spirit of God,' inside a Believer (all of whom HE, baptized into the family of God, and sealed until 'The Day of Redemption'...at the time of regeneration/Salvation/getting 'saved') is grieved by the presence of unconfessed sin within, him/her!  On a, lighter and funnier, note, one thing (person - Ha!) that/who can "mess up my PEACE-balance," is my hubby, David, in various ways!  Sometimes, whenever this happens, it is comical, but, other times, it is not, which are the times when "my PEACEFUL easy feel'n" is tremendously affected!  Oh my!!  Most people who are, or ever have been married, can relate, I'm sure!?  Hehehe!!  The times whenever I really am very angry at, him, whatever, or whoever, are "when the rubber meets the road times" concerning "my REAL Christian WALK/ride of life!"  I mean, am I going to choose to stay upset, argue with whomever, etc.(losing my PEACE), or, am I going to choose to, pray, casting it on Jesus (1 Peter 5:7), forgive, etc. (with 'The Holy Spirit ' restoring my PEACE)?!  Usually, I get around to the "casting, etc." scenario, however, sometimes, it takes me longer than it should to get back my PEACE!  After fifty four years of living, one thing I have learned, is that, I do not like the feeling of living without PEACE!  As a Believer, I have also learned, after many failures and successes, to pray before making decisions and choices, especially really important ones, and LET, the "PEACE of God-or-NO PEACE from God-factor" weigh heavily upon the conclusion to which I come!  One monumental example of this to me, in which I often retort, is whenever my father had his last (#2/2) 'hip replacement surgery' done.  He did not have "the PEACE from God," in his, spirit and soul, about having that surgery!  I truly believe, that IF, he had listened to that "PEACE detector" within his being, he would probably still be with us today!?  Needless to say, I gleaned, and continue to glean, HUGE lessons from dad's experience!  He should have been home from that surgery within a week, BUT, ended up going through a four month long "NIGHTMARE," from which he never returned "home."  That was an incredibly heartbreaking lesson!  I have had to deal with many other "ramifications of my, decisions and choices," (good and bad) in life, and, have witnessed others do so!  Throughout the days of my life, now, I am continually attempting to analyze all of these various situations, desiring to gain some wisdom from them, and then, in order for them to not be completely "in vain," trying to apply the lessons I've acquired from them, to my life!  I honestly can write that, I am learning to listen to God's voice of "PEACE-OR-NO PEACE," anymore - whenever I'm contemplating making important "plans of action" for my life!  There are some, "common to man," crucial, decisions that must be made in life (often at fairly young ages) of which, most people do not realize the consequences, shall greatly affect the entire course of, his/her, life!  These consequences have the ability to largely contribute to one's, lifestyle, "way of life," attitudes, dreams, goals, and the such, and, as to whether one becomes a "success,"or a "failure," in one's own mind!  Also, there are some "RUTS" into which some of our decisions or choices can thrust us, of which we can never escape, and must simply, hopefully with the assistance of the GRACE of God, endure!!  Hopefully, this 'blog post' will bring this "thought of truth" (in my opinion, and, from my perspective) to someone's attention, and that, it somehow helps, him/her, to apply it to, his/her, life.  My "BOTTOM LINE" advice, in which I wish to convey through this "post," is:  whenever you are faced with making a, decision or choice, PRAY about it, and, FAST - if necessary...until you believe that you have your answer, and then, IF, and only, IF you have GOD'S PEACE within yourself about your "answer," proceed!  If you do not have God's PEACE, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT proceed, BUT, continue praying, asking, seeking, waiting, etc.(Matthew 7:7-11)....until you get "the right answer," which shall be accompanied with God's PEACE - inside your "heart!" 💜 Philippians 4:7 💜🙌🏼✝️☮️💜 PEACE OUT!! ✌🏼✝️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Until next time...