Peace

Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way.  The Lord be with all of you.  2Thess. 3:16

Great peace have they who love Your law, and nothing can make them stumble.  Ps. 119:165

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Romans 5:1

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the word gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.  John 14:27

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  Phil. 4:6-7

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in You.  Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.  Is. 26:3-4

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace.  Numbers 6:24-26

Trust

When a train goes through a tunnel

and it gets dark, you don't throw

away the ticket and jump off.

You sit still and 

trust the

 Engineer.

Corrie Ten Boom

One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

My lovely sister gave me this wonderful book.  I'm a few chapters into it, and I love it!  Focusing on being thankful is something the Lord had already been speaking to me about.  Then, He had her bless me with this book to speed my journey along.

I think it is a well-written book.  Sort of a mixture of prose and poetry.  Stream of consciousness.  Pictures made of words.  Mrs. Voskamp's style draws you in and tempts you to wax poetic with your own attempts in writing down your personal gifts from God.  I already have close to 100 written down, and I just started yesterday.  I've noticed my descriptions getting more flowery in keeping with her modeling.  Nowhere near as good as hers, mind you.  But, fun for me!

Last year was a journey to overcome anxiety.  This year I want to fall clear over into full trust and thankfulness.

And,  JOY!!!

I know progress is being made.  Wait for it...