"Remember that God has given us wondrous knowledge and techonology that can help us overcome grievous problems such as mental illness. Seriously mentally ill persons simply cannot, through an exercise of will, get out of the predicament they are in. They need help, encouragement, understanding and love...we don't say to persons with heart disease or cancer, 'Just grow up up and get over it.' Neither should we treat the mentally ill in such an uncompassionate and unhelpful way."
(Elder Alexander Morrison, Emeritus Seventy).

Saturday, September 3, 2011

My Peace I Give

Do you know what I started thinking about last night? I just want peace about one something, one way or the other. Just peace. Then I started thinking, well, Christ said that he would give me peace,
            “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27).”
The footnotes include words like Peace of God and contentment. There’s obviously a difference between the peace from the world and the peace from Christ. The world’s peace is all external, it means nothing “bad” is happening around you, no fighting, no trouble, and no challenges; while the peace of Christ is internal.
It means that no matter what is happening on the outside you still have the peace of God, the contentment, the knowledge that He is the Almighty and we are in His hands and though the winds and waves rage about us we still can’t fall.
It's knowing that he holds your heart together through every heart break.
He leads you across every darkened pathway.
He stands in front of you, facing you, holding out his hands, his peace is knowing you can put your hands in his and that you are safe.


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  1. Sister JarvieSeptember 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    This is so helpful. I really like your insight on the scripture. The world offers so many 'Self Help' books and other means of artificial happiness, but can that really heal and bring us peace? Like you said, the peace of Christ is what holds us together. And it will protect us from what happens on the outside.

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