Monday, September 19, 2011

HOME OF PEACE?

TODAY, IS ANOTHER MONDAY.....HERE COMES ANOTHER WEEK WHETHER WE ARE READY OR NOT! OFTEN I FOCUS ON A TOPIC TO KEEP MY MIND ON FOR THE WEEK AND TO PRAY FOR AND THIS WEEK IT IS PEACE. IT ISN'T THAT I DON'T ALREADY HAVE PEACE IT'S JUST A TOPIC THAT IS ON MY MIND AND SOMETHING I AM GRATEFUL FOR. SO MANY  PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO REALLY FEEL PEACE IN THEIR HEARTS.  IN MY DEVOTIONS TODAY I READ A PASSAGE AND EVEN THOUGH THE WORD PEACE DIDN'T APPEAR THE TOPIC DID. (FUNNY HOW THAT HAPPENS!) TWO VERSES BACK TO BACK GAVE A MIRROR OF A PEACEFUL HOME VERSUS A HOME OF HAVOC ...FIRST ONE WAS A WIFE THAT WAS CONTENTIOUS...HOW SHE IS LIKE A CONTINUAL DRIPPING...KIND OF LIKE THE ANNOYING DRIP OF A LEAKY FAUCET.....THE NEXT VERSE TALKED OF A PRUDENT WIFE HOW SHE IS FROM THE LORD.  I LOOKED UP THE DEFINITIONS OF CONTENTIOUS AND PRUDENT..........CONTENTIOUS HAD WORDS RELATED TO IT LIKE....FEUDING, ARGUING , COMPETING, DISPUTING, STRIFE
PRUDENT HAD WORDS RELATED TO IT LIKE....DISCREET, CAUTIOUS/CAREFUL, PRACTICAL, FRUGAL, RESPONSIBLE,HAVING WISDOM

WHAT  A THERMOMETER OF WHETHER PEACE ABIDES IN A HOME OR NOT!

PROVERBS 19:13,14

WHERE DOES PEACE COME FROM? PSALMS 29:11 "THE LORD WILL GIVE STRENGTH UNTO HIS PEOPLE; THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE."

PHILIPPIANS 4:7 "AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST."

PEACE.....WHAT A BLESSING AND I PRAY THAT I KEEP MY HEART TUNED TO THE GOD THAT PROVIDES IT.




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