Who can make trouble when Thou sendest peace?

Good Friday morning, my friends.

Who can make trouble when Thou sendest peace?  That is the last line of this beautiful prayer by Mrs. Lettie B. Cowman.  

The Good News is that God sends us peace.  He sent it in the form of His Son, and He sends it in the form of the Holy Spirit.  If we are not at peace, and frequently that is the case at least for me, we simply need to remember where to turn.  Looking at life from the perspective of Eternity, which is how we as Christians should view EVERYTHING, then peace comes naturally.  It's changing perspective in that moment of fury that is difficult.

Please remember the people of Japan in your prayers today also, in wake of the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami they have endured.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Bruce

p.s.  Don't forget to check out Forty Days With Jesus today as we journey through Lent.

He giveth quietness. O Elder Brother,

Whose homeless feet have pressed our path of pain,

Whose hands have borne the burden of our sorrow,

That in our losses we might find our gain.

Of all Thy gifts and infinite consolings,

I ask but this: in every troubled hour

To hear Thy voice through all the tumults stealing,

And rest serene beneath its tranquil power.

Cares cannot fret me if my soul be dwelling

In the still air of faith's untroubled day;

Grief cannot shake me if I walk beside thee,

My hand in Thine along the darkening way.

Content to know there comes a radiant morning

When from all shadows I shall find release,

Serene to wait the rapture of its dawning--

Who can make trouble when Thou sendest peace?

(http://www.ramshornstudio.com/quietness.htm)

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