She has Peace
It's hard to have peace in this busy world. All the many things that surround us and brings about stress can consume us. I used to allow stress to get the best of me. Many times I've found myself fighting the air and losing! I let it all beat me up. Felt like I was being hit with a left, a right and finished off with the infamous uppercut to the chin. I've been defeated countless times, but as I endured punch after punch it hit me, literally. I cannot do this on my on, I realize. "I can not do this on my own," I need Jesus.
Too often I've tried to figure things out on my own. When the bible clearly tells me "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding, (6) in all thy ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6. When treading heavy waters you need guidance to make it out. It's pretty hard to handle somethings on your own. Ever feel like you're drowning and everything you try you just can't come up for air? I've been there. Going through life without Jesus feels just like this. We can't do it on our own! God's ways and thoughts are higher than we can ever imagine, so therefore He is equipped with the necessary tools to direct our paths. The problem comes when we don't realize that we know nothing. When I realized that I was trying to fill shoes I am incapable of filling, God gave me peace.
Everyone is doing the how hard did age hit you challenge on social media. The challenge calls for you to post a picture of you from ten years ago and beside it your most recent photo. I didn't post my glow up, but it sure made me reflect on my life. Ten years ago I was the tender age of 21.
T W E N T Y O N E ! As I reflect on the person I was then and the person I am now, chile all I can say is thank you Lord. I have come a long way. I don't regret my past, if anything I believe alot of the things I've experienced have molded me into the woman I am today. A Lot has happened within those ten years. To name a few, I became a mother, I loss my mother, I got married, started my career, experienced a bunch of ups and downs and tried to live a life without God. Yes, too many times I tried to conquer this world alone.
Sometime within these ten years I learned two lessons (1) All things work together for good to them that love God and are the called according to His purpose. ( Romans 8:28) and (2) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7) Every single thing that I have gone through has made me who I am. Everything has and is working together for my good. I aint gotta worry because I know somehow, someway God is transforming what I see as a down for my good. So I'm good. I wasn't always here though. Along the way I realized I can't do this thing called life without Jesus. Then Jesus gave me peace. When I got that peace, Chile let me tell you. The peace of God is like no other. Things that bothered me ten years ago, don't even phase me today. Somewhere within this ten year glow up I recieved the amazing gift of peace. Not any peace, the kind of peace that only God can give. The peace that this world didn't give so I don't have to worry because the world cannot take it away. I've learned to have peace during the stressful moments. I've learned that protecting this peace that God has given is important, so if that means I cant fool with some people anymore, I'm good. I've learned that God's peace surpasses all my understanding so even when I don't understand why something is happening in my life, I'm still good. Yall I'm so good. Because she has peace.
