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Bible Verses on Peace in Hard Times

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Bible verses on peace in hard times

Corrie ten Boom said, “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.”

When hard times hit, we desperately need God’s peace to anchors us. When anxiety runs high, steep your heart and mind on God’s peace and these Bible verses on peace in hard times.

3 Truths about God’s Peace

1.God is the source of peace.

Peace is a person, not a circumstance. In fact, one of God’s names is Jehovah Shalom, the Lord is Peace.

Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace in the Old Testament and encompasses much more than our word for peace. Shalom means wholeeess, soundness, health, peace and also signifies well-being, spiritual prosperity and permanence.

We have peace not when there’s no difficulty but when God is present with us in the difficulty.

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What Coronavirus Hasn’t Cancelled

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What Coronavirus Hasn't Cancelled

We’re in a season of disappointment.

In the space of 24 hours, we’ve gotten notice after notice of cancellation.

We’ve had multiple local events cancel like The Players Championship that heralds spring in my city every year. A half-dozen friends are making a quick trip to Walt Disney World today before it shuts down for the rest of March.

Some are weightier cancellations. A friend’s daughter was one win into the national college basketball tournament and fingertips close to a national title when an announcement shut it all down and her team flew home with deep disapointment.

Work opportunities, mission trips, senior trips and once-in-a-lifetime events have been cancelled and we don’t know how long this will last.

We’re in a season of disappointment.

And while the timing of COVID-19 and these cancellations are outside of our control, our response and what we do with this time rests solely with us.

Because here’s what Coronavirus hasn’t cancelled.

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10 Prayers When You Feel Alone and Weak

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10 Prayers When You Feel Alone and Weak

You’re so strong.

I’ve heard it often after becoming a suddenly single mom and widow.

I know the truth. Maybe it looks strong on the outside, but I see the inside — the struggles, fear, failures and utter weakness.

I know all the ways life has changed and the ways I wish it were different.

I see the gaps in my parenting and the pain my kids are navigating that I can’t fix. I feel the weight of hundreds of decisions and boy do I know the loneliness that sets in after kids are in bed and the house grows quiet at night.

But I also know prayer.

I know what might look strong on the outside is this girl bringing every weakness to God in prayer. 

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When Valentine’s Day Hurts

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When Valentine's Day HurtsI didn’t expect Valentine’s Day to be so painful. 

I’d walked into my grocery store for a couple of ingredients needed for that night’s dinner, mindlessly unaware it was February 14, when the scene caught me short.

The store was packed with shoppers — mostly male – picking up a last-minute Valentine’s gift.

As I walked into the store, men in dress shirts and ties from a day at the office were walking out with bouquets and balloons. The store was awash with pink and red and getting to my needed ingredients meant passing through stands of flowers, tables stacked with Valentine cupcakes and cookie cakes, and bins filled with assorted boxed chocolates. 

Taking a short cut to the back of the store, I passed the card aisle which turned out to be a poor choice.

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The Antidote to Loss of Hope When We Grieve Someone Who’s Living

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Antidote to Loss of Hope when You Grieve Someone Who's Living

Grief takes many forms and one that often catches us short is grief for someone who’s still living. We watch them cycle in and out of hard choice after bad circumstance, praying, begging God to rescue and hoping that this time — this time — will cause a change. It’s a joy to welcome Abby McDonald, author of Shift: Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God, to share how her hope changed when her perspective changed.

The antidote to loss of hope when we grieve someone who’s living. 

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I was fresh out of words. With arms folded across my chest, I looked out the bay window as if I might find fresh fire for my prayers. It seemed as though each one fell flat or hit some invisible wall, not reaching the place I needed it to.

For years, I didn’t realize you could grieve a living person. In my mind, grief was reserved for those who left this life for the next or perhaps those fighting a terminal illness. But someone still alive? I didn’t see it.

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