Be Still in Peace

"Rejoice, rejoice. I have much to teach you. Think not that I withhold My Presence when I do not reveal more of My Truth to you. You are passing through a storm. Enough that I am with you to say 'Peace be Still', to quiet both winds and waves. It was on the quiet mountain slopes that I taught My disciples the Truths of My Kingdom, not during the storm. So with you, the time of the mountain slope will come, and you will rest with Me and learn." (God Calling)

I love this reading from the book "God Calling". It reminds me that in my times of peace, after the storm, that God will reveal His Truth to me. I surely need that reminder because during the storm I am often asking God, "why me?", or "why now?", even though I do know that I am given His Truths after the storm has passed. Almost inevitably, He teaches me something new after I have given my trouble to him.


Today I am grateful that God gives me His Truths of His Kingdom after the storm when I can be still to listen and learn during the peace that only He gives me!

Patiently Suffer

"O Lord, let that become possible to me by grace, which by nature seemeth to me impossible. Thou knowest that I am able to suffer but little, and that I am quickly cast down, when a slight adversity ariseth. For Thy Name's sake, let every exercise of tribulation be made lovable and desirable to me; for to suffer and to be disquieted for Thy sake is very wholesome for my soul." (The Imitation of Christ)

The above is a prayer for the patient endurance of suffering. The reading "Of the Endurance of Injuries, and Who Is Approved to Be Truly Patient", teaches one in adversity "to consider Christ's Passion and the sufferings of other holy men" to see in comparison how little our sufferings truly are and to better prepare us to bear our own tribulations. When we feel our troubles are great it is usually because our patience is little.

To say "I cannot endure to suffer these things at the hands of this man, nor ought I endure things of this sort" dismisses the virtue of patience and causes us to assess another and the injuries. A truly patient man is prepared to accept any adverse action and take it "thankfully as from the hand of God and esteem it a great gain".

Harmony Within

"You must not expect to live in a world where all is harmony. You must not expect to live where others are in unbroken accord with you. It is your task to maintain your own heart peace in adverse circumstances. Harmony is always yours when you strain your ear to catch Heaven's music. Doubt always your power or wisdom to put things right; ask Me to right all as you leave it to Me, and go on your way loving and laughing. I am Wisdom. Only my Wisdom can rightly decide anything--settle any problem. So rely on Me. All is well. ( "God Calling")"

I often read daily meditations from the book, God Calling,. I read the above this morning and its message rang clearly...helping me to give a problem that I have had for a several months to God to settle. I have been judging another based on how they do or do not treat me and it has affected my "heart peace." Only after doing some writing to look at my part in this situation, I realized that what has really been affecting my inner peace is that I was judging another simply because I did not like the way they treated me. The truth is they are also a child of God, as each of us is, and I realize that only God's Wisdom can right the problem. In doing this, I ask God to forgive me for judging another and I know that the problem will be handled by He that has all wisdom...all is well!

His Presence

His Presence (by Melissa Webb)

I see His presence when morning rises,
the morning dew his tears of gladness.
I hear His voice when birds are singing,
the birds song his words of jubilance.
I pray His love and forgiveness when night has fallen,
the night his time of my reverence.
I feel His love when friends are near,
the friends, his gifts of joyfulness.


I wish for each of you a joyful Easter filled with gladness, jubilance and reverence as we celebrate the rising of Jesus Christ and His everlasting love and eternal life.

Love and Laughter

"Be calm, be true, be quiet. I watch over you. Rest in My Love. Joy in the very Beauty of Holiness. You are mine. Deliverance is here for you, but Thankfulness and Joy open the gates. Try in all things to be very glad, very happy, very thankful. It is not to quiet resignation I give my blessings, but to joyful acceptance and anticipation. Laughter is the outward expression of Joy. That is why I urge upon you Love and Laughter." From the book "God Calling".

I have learned that having thankfulness and acceptance of all things in my life is the only true way of happiness and joy in this worldly life. It is not always easy to be so when parts of life are hard or sad and there are times when I find it difficult to be thankful for what I have. Nonetheless, I find that when I am thankful, even for the rough roads, I do find an inner joy that heals the wounds upon me. To love and to laugh makes my life joyful and, therefore, thankfulness seems to come naturally.

Today I am grateful to know how to love and laugh and to be thankful and joyful.

Peace Through Humility

"Esteem not thyself better than others, lest perhaps in the sight of God, who knoweth what is in man, thou be accounted worst than they. Be not proud of good works, for the judgments of God are different from the judgments of men, and that often offendeth Him which pleaseth man. If there be any good in thee, believe better things of others, that so thou mayest preserve humility. It doth no hurt to thee to set thyself lower than all men, but it hurteth thee exceedingly if thou set thyself before even one man.Continual peace is with the humble; but in the heart of the proud is envy and frequent indignation." Thomas a Kempis

A dear friend of mine, Petey, gave me this wonderful little book, Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis, and I find great comfort and peace from the above reading. What I find so comforting is that I can refrain from the temptations of this world to be the best and the brightest of my fellows and,therefore, need not put myself above any other. I can, however, become the best and brightest Light if I allow myself to be humble within His will and try to love, as He does, every soul that I find myself amongst.

Today I am grateful that the greater my humility the greater my peace shall be.

All Is Well

"Remember My Words to My Disciples. 'This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.' Can you tread the way I trod? Can you drink of My cup? 'All is well.' Say always, 'All is well.' Long though the way may seem, there is not one inch too much, I, your Lord, am not only with you on the journey--I planned, and am planning the journey. There are Joys unspeakable in the way you go. Courage--Courage--Courage."

I simply love this meditation from "God Calling". It helps me so on my way to wherever I shall go. I know that I can trod the road by simply saying "All is Well". My prayer is that I only go any way through His will and by His love with courage that only He shall give me. My path my be long and winding, but through Him I can always trod the road joyfully.

Today, I am grateful that He has planned and continues to plan my journey!

The Redeemer of My Soul

The Redeemer of My Soul
(by Melissa Webb)

There are times during the stillness of night
when I feel my life has truly been a waste.
I know without Your loving grace,
Your beautiful light, I would not rise.

The warmth You give overwhelms me with fear,
fills my heart with everlasting love.
Reminding me I truly owe my life,
my very soul, to You forever.

The mere thought of Your everlasting love
surrounds me with a wonderful joy.
I pray Your greatness will be know by all,
The redeemer of my life, my very soul.



Today I am thankful to the Redeemer of my soul and His loving grace, everlasting love and wonderful joy!

Inward Peace

"Be desirous, My son, to do the will of another rather than thine own. Choose always to have less rather than more. Seek always the lower place, and to be inferior to every one. Wish always, and pray, that the will of God be wholly done in thee. Behold, such a man entereth within the borders of peace and rest." Thomas a Kempis - Imitation of Christ.

This is one of my favorite readings. I cannot take credit for always obeying these four simple ways of having inward peace. However, when I do continually strive to follow these callings I do find great peace and rest. Whenever I find disquiet within myself I know that I have strayed to the callings of self will rather than that of God. I reflect on the above reading and can almost immediately see where I have failed to do the above. Only through the grace of God can I readjust my thoughts and actions to follow these four things and regain that inward peace that gives me rest in His loving arms.

Today I am grateful for the simple ways to find peace rather than the callings of worldly thoughts and actions.

Calmness of the Storm

"O let me hear Thee speaking
In accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion,
The murmurs of self-will.

O speak to reassure me,
To hasten, or control;
O speak and make me listen,
Thou Guardian of my soul."
(anonymous)

The above came from a reading in my favorite book "God Calling". The reading is about how "all sacrifice and suffering is redemptive'; that His plan is perfect and all that we sacrifice and suffer is not by chance, but is to teach us or to be used to help others. I know for me, this is often hard to accept. However, I also know that when I see others suffer, or myself, all that I can do is to go to Christ and ask Him to embrace us, heal us, and show us His loving Light. I do not always hear him in the midst of my self will; however I know that he will quiet the storm so that I can listen and know that he is the 'Guardian of my soul' and of others. Only He can speak to us in the sufferings we bear.

Today I am grateful that I can go to Him and hear the calmness of the storm.